MASTER PLAN UDHAMPUR
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GOVT. OF JAMMU & KASHMIR TOWN PLANNING ORGANISATION JAMMU
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Regional Profiles 16
1.1. Project background:...... 16
1.2. Objectives: ...... 17
1.3. Scope of work: ...... 17
1.3.1. Preparation of Inception Report and Urban Area Notification Document ...... 18
a) Study Maps ...... 18
b) Baseline Analysis ...... 18
c) Draft of the Urban Area (Local Area) Notification Document...... 18
1.3.2. Preparation of Base Map ...... 19
1.3.3. Preparation of existing Land use Map ...... 19
1.3.4. Collection and Analysis of Physical and Socio-Economic Data ...... 19
1.3.5. Projections and Possible Development Scenarios ...... 20
1.3.6. Preparation of Master Plan Proposals ...... 20
1.3.7. Preparation of Master Plan Report ...... 21
1.4. Approach to Master Plan ...... 21
1.5. Methodology for Master Plan ...... 21
1.6. Regional setting ...... 24
1.6.1. Introduction to Town – Udhampur ...... 24
1.6.2. Location of Town in its Regional context ...... 24
1.6.3. Transport linkages ...... 24
1.6.4. Civil Administration ...... 25
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1.6.5. Regional Resources: ...... 26
1. Land:- ...... 26
2. Mineral Resources:- ...... 27
3. Water Resources:- ...... 27
4. Tourism:-...... 28
5. Flora and fauna ...... 28
1.7. Local planning area Udhampur Master plan: ...... 29
1.8. Physical Characteristics: ...... 29
1.8.1. Topography and slope Analysis ...... 29
1.8.2. Soil ...... 30
1.8.3. Climate...... 30
1.9. Historical Evolution and Growth pattern: ...... 31
1.9.1. History and Growth ...... 31
Chapter 2- Socio Economic Profile ...... 32
2.1. Population Growth of LPA, Udhampur ...... 32
2.2. Population Characteristics ...... 34
2.2.1. Growth rate ...... 34
2.2.2. Sex ratio in Udhampur ...... 34
2.2.3. Literacy in Udhampur ...... 34
2.3. Economy and Employment ...... 35
2.3.1. Work force participation ...... 35
2.3.2. Occupational structure: ...... 36
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2.3.3. Dependency ratio: ...... 36
2.4. House Hold survey Analysis ...... 37
2.4.1. Age and Sex ...... 37
2.4.2. Occupational structure ...... 39
2.4.3. Educational structure ...... 39
2.4.4. Per capita Income ...... 40
2.4.5. Work place relationship ...... 41
2.4.6. Housing type ...... 42
2.4.7. Ownership status...... 43
2.4.8. Households by Source of Drinking Water ...... 43
2.4.9. Households by Availability of Sanitation Facility ...... 44
2.4.10. Households by Availability of Assets ...... 44
2.5. Emerging Economic Drivers of LPA Udhampur ...... 45
2.5.1. Industrial base ...... 45
2.5.1.1. Industrial Estates: ...... 46
2.5.1.2. Key issues: ...... 48
2.5.2. Trade and commerce: ...... 48
2.5.2.1. Retail and whole sale shops ...... 49
2.5.2.2. Ware Houses and Godowns ...... 49
2.5.2.3. Mandies ...... 49
2.5.2.4. Grain market: ...... 50
2.5.2.5. Informal Sector ...... 50
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2.5.2.6. KEY ISSUES ...... 51
2.5.3. Tourism ...... 51
2.5.3.1. Tourist nodes at regional level ...... 51
2.5.3.2. Tourist‟s Inflow at regional level ...... 52
2.5.3.3. Tourist attraction nodes at local Level ...... 53
Holy Devika ...... 53
Central - City Udhampur ...... 57
2.5.3.4. Hotels ...... 58
2.5.3.5. Eco-Tourism ...... 58
2.5.3.6. Key issues ...... 59
Chapter 3: Physical Growth and Infrastructure Services ...... 60
3.1. Existing Land Use Distribution pattern and challenges: ...... 60
3.1.1. Land use Distribution at LPA level, ...... 60
3.1.1.1. Residential...... 61
3.1.1.2. Commercial ...... 61
3.1.1.3. Industrial ...... 62
3.1.1.4. Recreational ...... 62
3.1.1.5. Public & Semi-Public ...... 62
3.1.1.6. Traffic and transportation ...... 63
3.1.1.7. Other uses...... 63
3.1.2. Challenges of land use: ...... 64
3.2. Physical Infrastructure: ...... 65
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3.2.1. Water Supply ...... 65
3.2.1.1. Sources of water supply ...... 65
3.2.1.2. Area and Population Coverage ...... 66
3.2.1.3. Water Treatment ...... 66
3.2.1.4. Distribution System ...... 67
3.2.1.5. Key issues: ...... 67
3.2.2. Sewerage and Sanitation ...... 68
3.2.3. Drainage ...... 68
Area and Population Coverage ...... 68
Drainage Network ...... 69
Key Issues ...... 69
3.2.4. Solid waste Management ...... 70
3.2.4.1. Generation ...... 70
3.2.4.2. Collection ...... 71
3.2.4.3. Transportation ...... 71
3.2.4.4. Disposal...... 71
Key issues ...... 72
3.2.5. Electricity ...... 73
3.2.5.1. Area and Population Coverage ...... 73
3.2.5.2. Distribution Network ...... 73
3.2.5.3. Street Light...... 74
Key Issues ...... 74
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3.3. Social infrastructure: ...... 74
3.3.1. Education ...... 74
3.3.2. Health and Medical Facilities ...... 75
3.3.3. Sports and Recreation ...... 77
Parks and open spaces ...... 77
Theatres ...... 77
Other Recreational Facilities...... 77
Sports ...... 77
3.4. Housing ...... 79
3.4.1. Housing Pattern and Stock ...... 80
3.4.1.1. Growth of Housing in Udhampur ...... 80
Key Issues ...... 81
3.4.2. Urban Poor and Slums ...... 81
Slum Location and Distribution ...... 81
Housing in Slums ...... 82
Availability of Urban Basic Services to Poor ...... 83
Key Issues for Urban Poor ...... 84
Chapter 4: Traffic and Transportation ...... 85
4.1. Road Network at L.P.A. Level: ...... 85
4.2. Local Roads ...... 86
4.3. Growth of vehicles ...... 88
4.4. Road Accidents ...... 89
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4.5. Road network improvement studies ...... 90
Varying speed ...... 90
Space requirement for different modes ...... 91
Congestion index for important roads: ...... 93
4.6. Parking Facilities ...... 94
4.7. Traffic flow diagram (in PCU‟s) for important intersections: ...... 97
4.8. Terminal Facilities...... 97
4.8.1. Inter-State Bus Terminus ...... 97
4.8.2. Mini Bus Stand – ...... 98
4.8.3. Bus Routes and Intercity Bus Services: ...... 98
4.8.4. Intra City Transport Service: ...... 99
4.8.5. Truck terminal ...... 99
4.8.6. Rail Based Transport ...... 99
4.9. Major Traffic Problems ...... 100
Through Traffic:- ...... 100
Parking Problems ...... 100
Reduction of road width...... 101
Key issues ...... 101
Chapter 5 : Projection and Potential Demand Analysis ...... 102
5.1. Population projection ...... 102
5.2. Workforce Projections...... 103
5.3. Land Requirement ...... 104
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5.4. Infrastructure demand ...... 105
5.4.1. Physical Infrastructure:- ...... 105
5.4.1.1. Water supply and Sewerage ...... 105
Table No 5.5: Requirement for Water Supply and Sewerage for Udhampur for 2031 105
5.4.1.2. Solid Waste ...... 105
5.4.1.3. Power ...... 106
5.4.2. Social Infrastructure and Public Services ...... 106
5.4.2.1. Education ...... 106
5.4.2.2. Health Care ...... 107
5.4.2.3. Socio Cultural Facilities:...... 108
5.4.2.4. Police: ...... 109
5.4.2.5. Fire Station ...... 109
5.4.2.6. Recreational Facilities ...... 110
5.5. Land Use Requirements ...... 110
5.6. SWOT Analysis...... 111
5.6.1. Strengths ...... 112
5.6.2. Weaknesses ...... 112
5.6.3. Opportunities ...... 113
5.6.4. Threats ...... 113
5.7. VISION 2031 ...... 114
5.8. Mission Statement for Focused Areas ...... 114
5.8.1. Growth Management ...... 114
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5.8.2. Urban Environment ...... 114
5.8.3. Urban Services ...... 115
5.8.4. Traffic and Transportation ...... 116
5.8.5. Urban Poor ...... 116
5.8.6. Social Infrastructure ...... 117
5.8.7. Urban Governance ...... 117
5.8.8. Finance...... 117
5.8.9. Heritage ...... 117
5.9. Objectives of Master plan ...... 118
5.10. Preparation of Planning and Development concept:- ...... 119
5.10.1. Characteristics of Concept plan: ...... 119
5.10.2. Merits ...... 120
5.10.3. Demerits: ...... 121
Chapter 6: Planning & Development Proposals ...... 122
6.1. Proposed Layer Development: ...... 122
6.1.1. Layer I: Area Enclosed by Dhar Road, Sailan Talab Road, Circular Road, Bus Stand Road and NH-44 (from Bus Stand Road to Dhar Road): ...... 122
6.1.2. Layer II: Area Enclosed By Municipal Council Udhampur ...... 125
6.1.3. Layer III: Area outside M.C Limit and up to the Future Developable Limit: ..... 127
6.1.4. Layer IV: Agricultural/Defence/Air Force/Forest outskirt: ...... 128
6.2. Proposed Land Use Plan ...... 129
6.2.1. Residential ...... 130
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6.2.1.1. Housing for Economically Weaker Section ...... 132
6.2.2. Commercial ...... 133
6.2.2.1. Informal sector ...... 135
6.2.2.1.1. Policy for Existing Areas ...... 135
6.2.2.2. Planning Norms for Informal Trade ...... 135
6.2.3. Industrial ...... 136
6.2.4. Public and Semi Public ...... 137
6.2.5. Government Use ...... 138
6.2.6. Recreation ...... 140
6.2.7. Green belt ...... 141
6.2.8. Conservation Areas: ...... 141
6.3. Proposed Tourism Plan: ...... 142
6.3.1. Within Udhampur Municipal Corporation Area:- ...... 143
6.3.2. Regional level Tourist Circuit:- ...... 143
6.3.2.1. Udhampur-Katra-Udhampur: ...... 143
6.3.2.2. Udhampur-Kud-Patnitop-Udhampur: ...... 143
6.4. Proposed Traffic and Transportation Plan:- ...... 144
6.4.1. Proposed Road Network and Hierarchy ...... 145
Notes: ...... 147
6.4.1.1. Footpath ...... 147
6.4.2. Proposals for Urban Roads (Widening/Strengthening Of Existing Roads within LPA) 148
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6.4.3. Junction Improvements...... 149
6.4.4. Proposal for Public Transport (inter-city passenger demand) ...... 150
6.4.5. Terminals ...... 151
6.4.5.1. Proposed Bus Terminal ...... 151
6.4.5.2. Proposed Truck Terminal cum Ware Houses ...... 151
6.4.6. Proposed Parking Lot:- ...... 151
6.4.7. Pedestrianization Of Core City ...... 152
6.5. Proposed water supply network of Udhampur: ...... 153
6.6. Proposed solid waste management program: ...... 153
6.7. Proposed Sewerage System:...... 154
6.9. Strategies to obtain land for Public Purpose: ...... 154
6.9.1. Transfer Development Rights: ...... 155
6.9.2. Through Town Development Act 1971 ...... 155
6.9.3. Through Land Pooling (Town Development Schemes):- ...... 156
6.10. Space Norms and Standards: ...... 158
6.10.1. Planning Norms for Educational Institutions ...... 158
6.10.2. Norms for the Health Care Facilities ...... 162
6.10.3. Norms for Fire Station ...... 163
6.10.4. Norms for Security - Police, Civil Defence and Home Guard ...... 163
6.10.5. Social Cultural Facilities ...... 164
6.10.6. Sports Activities ...... 165
6.10.7. Postal Facilities ...... 165
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6.10.8. Telephone & Telegraphs ...... 165
6.10.9. Norms for the Commercial Areas ...... 165
Chapter 7: Development Controls And Regulations ...... 167
7.1. Building bye laws ...... 167
7.1.1Residential...... 167
Residential use in designated core area of old city: ...... 167
7.1.2 COMMERCIAL USE: ...... 171
7.1.3 PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC/ INSTITUTIONAL USE: ...... 180
7.1.4 Facilities And Amenities: ...... 185
7.1.5 PARKING STANDARD: ...... 188
7.1.6 INDUSTRIAL USE: ...... 189
Environmental Considerations ...... 193
Safety ...... 193
Other Development Controls and Guidelines ...... 195
Transferable Development Rights ...... 196
7.2 Zoning Regulation: ...... 197
Residential: ...... 197
Permissible on Application to Competent Authority: ...... 197
Uses Permitted: ...... 197
Prohibited: ...... 198
Commercial : ...... 198
Uses Permitted: ...... 198
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Permissible on application to Competent Authority: ...... 198
Prohibited: ...... 198
District centre: ...... 199
Uses Permitted: ...... 199
Permissible on application to Competent Authority: ...... 199
Prohibited: ...... 199
Local Commercial ...... 199
Industry : ...... 200
Light Industry : ...... 200
General Industry: ...... 201
Open Spaces & Parks : ...... 202
Agricultural (Green Belt) and Periphery Area ...... 202
Tourism zone: ...... 202
Exceptions ...... 203
Residential Densities ...... 203
Core City ...... 203
7.3 Implementation of these Regulations ...... 204
Chapter 8: Façade Control and Development Measure ...... 205
8.1. Controls and regulations: ...... 205
8.2. Implementation of these Regulations ...... 206
Chapter 9: Implementation Mechanism ...... 207
7.1 Importance of Legal Framework ...... 207
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7.2 Existing Legal Framework ...... 207
7.3 Strengthening the Legal Framework ...... 208
7.4 Restructuring Planning Administration:- ...... 208
7.4.1 Organizational structure of Udhampur Development Authority ...... 209
7.4.1.1 Project planning wing: ...... 210
7.4.1.2 Expenditure and monitoring and development control wing: ...... 210
7.4.1.3 Land management wing: ...... 210
7.4.1.4 Town Planning wing: ...... 210
7.4.1.5 Powers and Functions ...... 210
7.4.2 Role and Responsibilities of the Agencies ...... 211
7.5 Resource mobilization strategy ...... 212
7.5.1 First Layer development (2013-18) ...... 212
7.5.2 Second Layer development (2018-2023) ...... 212
7.5.3 Third Layer Development (2023-2028) ...... 213
7.5.4 Fourth Layer development: (2028-2031) ...... 213
7.6 National Programmes and Funding agencies available for the resources in urban area. 214
7.7 Into Future ...... 215
7.8 CONCLUSION ...... 215
Annexures ...... 216
Maps ...... 229
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Regional Profiles
1.1. Project background:
Urban areas in past have not received much attention in terms of their planning, development and management despite the fact that cities and economic development are inextricably linked. Because of high productivity of urban areas, economic development activities get located in cities. Accordingly, it is desirable that human settlements are provided with necessary planning and development inputs so that their orderly growth and development is ensured. This would also be necessary for ensuring efficient functioning of human settlements for improving their productivity and for providing desirable quality of life to its residents in order to cater to their economic, physical and metaphysical needs. The urban development strategy for any state thus assumes importance for not only its economic emancipation but also its physical well-being.
Therefore, the real challenge before the planning and development of towns/cities is to have balanced development in all spheres of urban life: physical, social and economic in a comprehensive manner. There is need to make urban transition efficient, equitable and cost effective by making policies and bringing out new projects/schemes. For this preparation of Master Plan becomes the guiding principle for wiping out the deficits in urban infrastructure, mining the problems and exploring the potentials of the city.
“Master Plan (MP)” is identified as a strategic tool to achieve the above objectives.
Considering the role and importance of rational and orderly growth of urban centers, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir intends to streamline the development process in urban settlements to ensure that these settlements continue to achieve their objectives of improved efficiency and productivity. Accordingly, it is desirable to have a stringent check on haphazard development and have an optimum land use plan for these cities/towns. In the process, the state government has taken the decision to prepare Master Plans for all towns and cities for a directed development and to provide required amenities to its people.
The Town planning organization Jammu is an apex institution for promoting the balanced urban growth in the region of Jammu in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It has undertaken the task of providing planned residential, commercial and industrial spaces incorporating the latest state of the art technology and town planning norms. In this process, Town planning organization Jammu has taken up the preparation of the Master Plan for Udhampur to address the infrastructure and service delivery gaps in Udhampur and to make the growth and development of Local Planning Area (L.P.A) rational. The key objective of the Master Plan is
Master Plan Udhampur 16 Tech Mech International Pvt. Ltd Data Base Report Town Planning Organization, Udhampur Jammu to formulate a long-term vision and strategy to make the L.P.A vibrant, livable and creditworthy. Besides rationalizing the land use pattern, the Master Plan will also facilitate the identification of sectoral investments and reform areas needed to transform the Local Planning Area Udhampur.
1.2. Objectives:
The prime objective of the Master Plan is to promote, guide and rationalize the future growth and development of urban centers. It will endorse growth in the desired direction, promote economic development, improving service delivery and providing amenities to its people. Master Plan ensures rational policy choices besides providing a flexible framework based on ground realities for a defined time span. Master Plan is an appropriate and scientific tool for promoting systematic & planned growth of the city in the form of the following:
1. Identifying existing gaps in physical and social infrastructure & to bridge those gaps 2. Making city assessment and to suggest strategies for its economic development. 3. Leveraging economy. 4. Rationalization of land use and their interrelationships. 5. Minimizing haphazard and uncontrolled growth of town/cities and to achieve planned growth and development in order to provide healthy living environment. 6. Promote better urban governance and resource generation for planned urban development. 7. Rationalizing the orderly movement of traffic and transportation within the town and defining the area for laying down network of various services. 8. Indicating spatial distribution of physical/social infrastructure for optimum use. 9. Ensuring systematic, balanced & integrated development. 10. Framing mechanism/strategies for solving out the core area problems.
1.3. Scope of work:
The scope of Master Plan to be prepared covers the following aspects in close coordination with Town Planning Organization, Jammu. The language of documentation and reporting shall be in English. The activities to be taken up and major issues pertaining to each activity are as follows:
The consultant shall prepare the Draft Master Plan(s) for the town(s) in close coordination with Town Planning Organization, Jammu. The language of documentation and reporting shall be in English. The activities to be taken up by the consultant and major issues pertaining to each activity are as follows:
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1.3.1. Preparation of Inception Report and Urban Area Notification Document
The consultant shall prepare an Inception Report/detailed proposals for each activity separately. a) Study Maps i) Study Maps showing city/town and its environs at a scale 1:10000; ii) Collection and superimposition of Revenue Maps on a map at (i); iii) Revenue village boundaries up to the depth of at least two revenue villages outside the tentatively proposed urbanisable limits shall be shown. However, in case of any discrepancy regarding size, depth, area etc of a revenue village at the periphery, the consultant shall decide the same in consultation with the Chief Town Planner, TPO Jammu; iv) Maps showing city/town growth trends and constraints; v) Regional setting Map shall be prepared at a scale 1:25000 using GT Sheets or Satellite Imageries and other mapping techniques. b) Baseline Analysis i) A justification note based on baseline situation analysis for identification and delimitation of urbanisable limits of the town for the horizon year shall be carried to assess land requirements. The study shall be based on following parameters: a. Land use suitability analysis based on existing physical thresholds, topography, land productivity and identification of prime agricultural/horticulture areas; b. Assessment of areas of influence based on flow of goods and services to and from the town; c. Existing demographic profile of the town; d. Existing tourist flows and projections for the horizon year e. Population projections for the horizon year; f. Assessment of land requirements for different uses as prescribed in the UDPFI Guidelines applicable for hill towns. c) Draft of the Urban Area (Local Area) Notification Document i) Brief note as discussed at b(i); ii) Proposed Urban Area Map showing proposed Urbanisable limits including both Developed Area and Developable Area. The map shall, in other words be prepared for entire Local Area/Planning Area for implementation of periphery controls in the rural fringe for harmonizing regional and urban growth at large
Master Plan Udhampur 18 Tech Mech International Pvt. Ltd Data Base Report Town Planning Organization, Udhampur Jammu iii) List of Revenue villages to be included in the Notification Document duly authenticated by the concerned Revenue Organization shall be prepared. Action with regard to authentication of revenue village shall be done in consultation with the Office of the Chief Town Planner, Town Planning Organization Jammu iv) The Draft Map as discussed at c(ii) shall be prepared at a scale 1:10,000 and shall be prepared in colour and black & white; v) For definition of Planning Area, Urbanisable limits, Developed Area Limits or Developable Area Limits, boundaries of the revenue villages shall be considered for the same.
1.3.2. Preparation of Base Map i) For preparation of Base Map, entire Planning Area or Local Area as discussed at c(ii) and c(v); ii) Base map shall contain physical and cultural features, roads, and existing settlements etc; iii) Base map shall be prepared at a scale 1:5000; iv) The map shall be prepared in suitable layers; one layer for each category or sub- category of use.
1.3.3. Preparation of existing Land use Map i) The Base Map at 2.2 shall be updated on ground to include the latest ii) development and avoid any erroneous incongruity between the actual land use and the landuse adopted otherwise for the Master Plan; iii) Categories of land use and symbols and colors used to depict the same shall be as per standard guidelines; iv) The existing landuse map shall be prepared in layers; one layer for each category or sub-category of use; v) In case of multiple uses existing in a single property, predominant use on shall be recorded as landuse for that property; vi) Separate layers for Revenue Maps, Landuse suitability analysis shall be prepared for superimposition on an existing landuse map of the town.
1.3.4. Collection and Analysis of Physical and Socio-Economic Data i) Data regarding physical and socio-economic aspects of the study area (Planning Area) shall be collected from primary and secondary sources. A comprehensive database about population and its attributes (urban-rural composition, ward wise population,
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age-sex distribution, WFPR, occupational structure, etc as per latest census records) shall be collected at 5% sample size for the entire planning area; ii) Industrial Base of the town-existing and potential; iii) Potential for eco-friendly industrial units etc; iv) Commercial activities including both retail and wholesale, business, warehousing and godowns, mandies, rural markets, v) Street vending activities: identification and number of street vendors, their problems and measures for their rehabilitation etc.; vi) Services and facilities (Education, health, power, telecommunication etc.); vii) Other community facilities; viii) Social, cultural and other religious facilities; ix) Recreational facilities including parks, gardens, multipurpose open spaces etc x) Traffic and Transportation, Roads, parking, and related problems etc; (Necessary surveys shall be conducted to assess the nature of problems) xi) Solid waste and other waste generation and disposal etc; xii) Sewerage and drainage; xiii) Existing facade, urban landscape, streetscape supported by photographs and 3D model; xiv) Agriculture and allied activities; xv) Tourism xvi) Any other aspect relevant for the study of master plan.
1.3.5. Projections and Possible Development Scenarios i) The base year data pertaining to socio-economic aspects shall be projected involving scientific methods and techniques for horizon period; ii) Projections regarding population, work force participation rate, and industrial workers shall be carried to evolve the possible development scenarios of the town; iii) Selection of an Optimal Development Scenario based SWOT analysis and projections made;
1.3.6. Preparation of Master Plan Proposals i) Draft proposals shall be made regarding each aspect of town development like residential, commercial, industrial, heritage conservation, housing, tourism, environmental and other socio-cultural infrastructure; ii) Preparation of a comprehensive Transportation network Plan for the Horizon period taking into account all aspects of traffic and transportation;
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1.3.7. Preparation of Master Plan Report i) Draft master plan shall consist of a detailed report supported by existing landuse map, Proposed landuse Map, Draft Urban Area Map; ii) The Report shall be based on analytical study of data and its synthesis employing statistical tools and techniques; iii) Development controls proposed shall be based on ground realities with a separate chapter on façade controls for improving aesthetics of the town at large; iv) The contents of the Report.
1.4. Approach to Master Plan
Approach to the preparation of Master Plan would involve outlining the critical issues of city development, undertaking a demand-supply gap analysis and formulating a management framework including outlining strategies and guidelines for future growth and development of Udhampur city and LPA. It will also include options for promoting rational development through the introduction of a regulatory mechanism including realistic planning and management interventions within the overall regulatory and institutional framework. A development action plan comprising of implementation schedule, role of stakeholders, regulation and institutional strengthening mechanism etc. will form an integral part of the Master Plan. The Master Plan will take into account the current status of municipal services - its fiscal status, operational and management procedures besides putting in place effective monitoring mechanism. The preparation of the Master Plan will be based on existing trend of development taking into account Development Plans/Schemes of public and private agencies operating in the city and contributing towards its growth and development.
The detailed methodology for preparation of the Master Plan of Udhampur includes data collection, city assessment, identifying gaps in service delivery and infrastructure network, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, preparing Existing Land use Plan, thematic maps, Proposed Land use Plan etc. as defined below
1.5. Methodology for Master Plan
The various stages of preparation of Master Plan include:
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1. Identification of Local Planning Area 2. Preparation of Existing Land Use Plan Using Satellite Imageries Using Available Plans Ground Surveys Revenue Plans 3. Assessment and analysis of Local Planning Area in terms of Regional Setting Historical Evolution Demographic Studies Socio-Economic Studies Traffic & Transportation Physical Infrastructure (Water Supply, Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, Electricity) Social Infrastructure (Educational, Medical, Recreational, Miscellaneous Facilities) Environmental Studies Heritage and Tourism Growth Pattern Land use Studies Available studies and report 4. Gaps and Problem Identification through Comparison with available norms and standards Identification of the critical problems and infrastructure gaps 5. Carrying out S.W.O.T analysis based upon Studies made and analysis carried on City Assessment Identified problems and gaps Identifying major socio-economic drivers Working out requirements Population Projections Norms and Standards Broad Land use Requirements. 6. Defining Conceptual Framework through Defining Vision for future growth and development Identifying broad objectives Laying down mission statements for critical areas 7. Preparation of Concept Plan
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8. Evolving Proposed Land Use Plan and Traffic & Transportation Plan along with Development Control Regulations (D.C.R) Based on existing land use plan Studies and assessment made Gaps and problems identified Objectives framed Future population growth Future infrastructure requirements Available land for development Preparing Phasing and institutional framework
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1.6. Regional setting
This aspect is studied in order to view the developments taking place in Udhampur in regional context and to evaluate the Locational advantages and disadvantages of the city of Udhampur. In the Master Plan, this aspect would help in proposing the activities that can be explored based upon the regional potential and linkages.
1.6.1. Introduction to Town – Udhampur
Udhampur is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated among lush green forests of Eucalyptus, it is the second-largest city of the Jammu region and the fourth-largest city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Named after Raja Udham Singh, it serves as the district capital and the Northern Command headquarters of the Indian Army. A Forward Base Support Unit (FBSU) of the Indian Air Force is also stationed there. Udhampur is used by the Armed Forces as a transit point between Jammu and Srinagar when travelling by road (National Highway Number 44).
1.6.2. Location of Town in its Regional context
In the outer hills and middle mountains of Chenab Valley, there are many longitudinal valleys called “Duns‟ Udhampur is one typical example of this type of valleys. It lies between about 32° - 32‟ to 33° - 30‟ north latitude and 74° - 75‟ East longitude. The town is situated at an elevation of about 6oo meters above mean sea level. Udhampur town lies between the plains of Punjab in south-west, high mountains ranges of Pir Panchal on its north east Physiographically the state of Jammu and Kashmir has three district regions viz. Jammu Division, Kashmir Division, Ladakh Division, Physically and culturally Jammu Division is formed of three distinct main regions, namely the “Chenab Valley Region”, Tawi Valley, Manawar Tawi Region and Poonch Nallah and Batar Nallah region.
1.6.3. Transport linkages
Udhampur is well connected to the rest of India by Road and Rail both to rest of India.
1. Road
Udhampur is well connected by road as it is located on National Highway 44 to Srinagar, which is the only national highway that connects Srinagar to the rest of India. Four laning works on Jammu-Udhampur National Highway is on full swing. Bus services (both private and state owned) are the most common mode of public transportation to and from Udampur. Frequent connections to the Kashmir Valley and Jammu are easily available. Udhampur is just 68 km ahead of Jammu city towards Srinagar. Katra too is only 23 km off Udhampur
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2. Rail
The town was recently connected by the new Kashmir Railway line leg 0 from Jammu which is part of a wider project to connect the Kashmir valley with the rest of India via a rail link. The "Uttar Sampark Kranti" train from [New Delhi] was the first train to run on this link in 2005. Commuter unresrved passenger trains linking Jammu and Udhampur (and pathankot also) also run on a daily basis and are quite popular. The rail link to Katra is also nearing completion (expected to be complete by 2013). Once finished, many more trains from different parts of the country are expected to pass by the city. More recently, three more trains were extended/run till Udhampur.
Delhi sarai rohilla-udhampur Special Delhi-udhampur Jammu Mail Ahmedabad-udhampur janmabhoomi express Delhi sarai rohilla-udhampur AC express Indore-udhampur malwa Express
1.6.4. Civil Administration
There are four Tehsils in Udhampur district namely namely Udhampur, Ramnagar, Chenani and Majalta. There is only one Municipal council i.e. Udhampur and 2 no. Municipal Committees. They are Chenani and Ramnagar respectively.
Udhampur town being the District Headquarter accommodates the entire district Head quarter offices as well as important government offices, besides the northern command base of the army. The office of the Municipal council Udhampur has its own premises. Municipal council looks after maintenance of lanes and drains, street lighting and sanitation etc.
Besides being the District Headquarter and an important situation of town destination, the regional importance of Udhampur can be assessed as follows:
Udhampur is second-largest city of the Jammu region and the fourth-largest city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and a great centre of learning and literature. It has number of educational institutions of regional importance, such as Degree Colleges, B. Ed. colleges, police training college etc. Presence of strong regional linkages, two National Highway namely NH 44 and Dhar road it at a very strategic position with respect to the other districts by providing connectivity to the other parts of the state and country as well. Apart from the extensive road network, it also enjoys good rail connectivity with the other parts of the country. (Refer Map No. 1)
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Udhampur town being the District Headquarter accommodates the entire district Head quarter offices as well as important government offices, besides the northern command base of the army.
Figure 1.1- Regional setting of Udhampur town
1.6.5. Regional Resources:
The number of natural resources which are available in the region of Udhampur which can be helpful for the development of the town – Udhampur which are described below:
1. Land:-
Udhampur District covers an area of 4,310 Sq. Km (Old Udhampur district in 2001). The cultivated land accounts for only 16.34% of this area. The forest occupy 43.28% of the area, cultivable waste land is 17.20 %, and the area which is not available for cultivation is 23.18 % (Table 1.1)
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Table1.1 – Land Utilization in Udhampur district
Category Land Utilization (In 1000 Hectares) Reporting area 431 Area under forest 192 Non agricultural uses 80 Barren and uncultivable 29 land Permanent pastures and 11 other grazing land Misc. tree crops 20 Culturable waste land 18 Fallow 1 Current fallow 11 Net sown area 70 Source: village Records 2. Mineral Resources:-
As per the studies conducted Udhampur District has mineral resourses in abundance, like coal fields in Jungal-Gali, existence of Bauxite & lignite ores with coal belts in Kanthan and availability of 500 to 600 million tones of lime.
This District has expance vast undulating mountaneous area, with meandering rivers like Chenab, Tawi, Ujh, Devak and trubulant Nallah of Beruwan and Sacred Nallhas of Banganga and Jajhar Kotli flowing through flat rocks on lower levels and lush green patches on higher areas, forming forest wealth and meadows, which gives room for Nomads to temporarily place their cattle for grazing purposes, thereby raising their economics by way of supply of milk and its by-products, which get routed through this town.
3. Water Resources:-
The mighty & coldest rivers transversing in Ghooms & Zooms, somewhere sluggish & somewhere turbulent through the District and forming the water shed, have mighty potential for Macro & Micro Hydel Projects. There is also a potentiality of connecting it by grids, since levels allow for the same.
The rivers after development of Hydel projects & forming the lakes can best be utilized for commuter transportation & development of fish culture. This also has the potential for development of the district for the tourism.
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The rivers and water bodies need to be examined in depth for the development of integrated grid, for development of Macro & Micro Hydel schemes, development of transportation & piscies culture.
4. Tourism:-
The district and its sub-regional locations have already multi-fold tourism cum pilgrim transitory/destination areas, existing tourism infrastructure for active & passive recreational activities, and peaks for mountaineering, trekking, hitchhiking, golfrings, skating etc.
The climate of this district varies from hot at lower places to moderate at higher levels during summer, which is another attraction for the Nomads to shift from plains. In its immediate vicinity there are places of tourist and pilgrim interest where one can enjoy coolest environment during scorching summer periods.
5. Flora and fauna
Udhampur district has a lot of forest area various types of flora exits in the area like Pine, deodar, Khai, sheesham, bamboo, palmgrade shrubs constituting slopes valleys, reclining rocks and fairly wide river beds where threre is a feasibility of rcalling the lands and put the same to agriculture and its related use.
The fauna constituients of this district are
1. Neel gai 2. Cheetah 3. Wild beer 4. Fox 5. Deer 6. Wild foul 7. Peacock 8. Parrots 9. Kuckoo 10. Monkeys and aquatic species
This connotes that environment and ecological character of the district.
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1.7. Local planning area Udhampur Master plan:
The urban area notification of the town is the initiation of the process of preparation of master plan. In this process, the town and its influences area are delineated. The Udhampur Local Planning Area covers an area of 6223 hectares with a total population of 122551 persons for preparation of the Master Plan. It consists of Municipal Council – Udhampur with an area 668.40 hectares (including Udhampur Cantonment) and rural settlements. The list of all settlements falling in Udhampur L.P.A is attached as Annexure I showing settlement and population details.
While delineating the Local Planning Area of Udhampur the following factors mentioned in RFP document:
a. Land use suitability analysis based on existing physical thresholds, topography, land productivity and identification of prime agricultural/horticulture areas; b. Assessment of areas of influence based on flow of goods and services to and from the town; c. Existing demographic profile of the town; d. Existing tourist flows and projections for the horizon year e. Population projections for the horizon year; f. Assessment of land requirements for different uses as prescribed in the UDPFI Guidelines applicable for hill towns.
The delineated area of Udhampur master plan has been shown on the Map no -1
1.8. Physical Characteristics: 1.8.1. Topography and slope Analysis
The topographical profile of Udhampur consisting of undulating mounds, dunes has gradual land slopes from north to south and all eastern ridge towards river tawi, and western ridge towards Devak nallah, far western towards Beerwan kahd. This has a sizeable water shed area consisting of dense forests of Gangera Sharda forests of gangera, Sharda forest, Chattri, sumabl and sui, rakh tanda, and jakhain, long stretches of platues and elevated Ground along Dhar Udhampur Road form a water shed towards Beriyal, kawa; rich agricultural lands which also has a defence airport. Similarly, western stretch of balian Udhampur road, Slopes abrubtly forming water shed and Drainage towards Devak Which becomes a tributary of Beerwan Nalah at barian village. The rising mounds of land in between Devak and Beerwan Nalah are also towards Balian Forming intersecting mounds and land Protrusions; with platues and water bodies in the top. Refer (Map 2 and 3)
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1.8.2. Soil
The soil in all parts of the Tehsil is Gurari, Sakawat, Sekli, Khankhar and Sandy and depth of earth varies from 1 to 10 feet. The land situated at the distance from the hills are deep in general and the layers of earth get thinner as we go nearer & nearer, the hills thus they are at places deep enough on the slopes and even on the tops of mountains beneath these layer of earth there are beds of rocks stone, Khankhar and strata of state and round stones mixed with Khankhar of earth, whilst a bed limestone is seldom come across.
1.8.3. Climate
Talking of Udhampur city in particular the climate is sub-tropical and generally dry except during the south west monsoon season. Summer temperatures do not cross 40 degrees while in winters mercury generally dips to 2 degrees or even sometimes to zero. The lowest humidity is recorded in the month of May and highest in the July and August. Heavy downpour is also experienced. The annual rainfall is 900 cm mainly in monsoons and winters due to Western Disturbances.Ramnagar town nearby experiences heaviest annual rainfall in a year. Udhampur rarely experiences snow while there may be snow in upper reaches .However due to changing climate patterns snowfall has been experienced in some years.In the year 2011 it snowed and there was about 15 cm snow. Heavy hailstorms with piles of hail can be experienced in February and March. On the basis monthly temperature record available for the town, the year map is divided into four zones;
Table 1.2 Climate data for Udhampur
Mont Fe Jan Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year h b Recor d 29 24 33 39 44 46 42 38 32 31 29 25 46 high (84 (75) (91) (102) (111) (115) (108) (100) (90) (88) (84) (77) (115) °C ) (°F) Avera 21. ge 26.6 32.9 38.3 40.6 33.6 31.7 26.8 18.8 9 35.5 33.7 21.1 30.1 high (79.9 (91.2 (100. (105. (92.5 (89. (80.2 (65.8) (71 (95.9) (92.7) (70.0) (86.2) °C ) ) 9) 1) ) 1) ) .4) (°F) Avera ge 9.7 13.6 19.0 24.4 26.8 23.0 18.4 12.6 1.2 24.5 24.0 8.5 17.7 low (49 (56.5 (66.2 (75.9 (80.2 (73.4 (65. (54.7 (34.2) (76.1) (75.2) (47.3) (63.9) °C .5) ) ) ) ) ) 1) ) (°F) Recor −3 −3. 3 6 7 13 13 8 12 4 2 −3 −3.4
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1. The cold Zone (November to February) 2. The hot season (m`arch to June) 3. The south west Monsoon (July to September) 4. The post monsoon (October)
1.9. Historical Evolution and Growth pattern: 1.9.1. History and Growth
The town Udhampur founded by Raja Udham Singh S/o Sh Gulab Singh in the Mid of 19th century is presenty an agglomeration of many settlements and is cris – crossed by National Highway IA and dhar –Udhampur road, Infect the town is an agglomeration of small settlements presently growing along the National Highway 44 and Dhar Road in a ribbon fashion.
Conceptually its Evolution through its Historical growth has been like that of a Focii and interception of routes on all directions and structure of a town as that of a cob web. Coming to the present scenario, upto year 1994 & 1995, the area of Municipal Council Udhampur was extended in accordance to the nature of development, which was observed in North to south. After this, in 2004-05 the number of wards were increased to 17 from 12, but interesting fact is that the total area of city remained same i.e. 399 hectare.
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Chapter 2- Socio Economic Profile
The chapter involves the statistical study of population size, distribution and composition of human settlements. It requires data on various aspects of population. The data collected for population studies is broadly categorized as time series data and spatial data. In the former, change and transformation of various demographic aspects are measured. In the later distribution pattern is studied. The study of demographic characteristics and employment is required for the assessment and for evaluation of the existing civic and infrastructural facilities. The study of economy is also required for assessing the economic base or potential of a particular area. The economic base is one of the important determinants of proposed land use. This information forms the basis for the formulation of future Master Plan and policies.
2.1. Population Growth of LPA, Udhampur
LPA, Udhampur includes only one urban settlement i.e. Udhampur Municipal area and 47 villages. LPA Udhampur experienced growth rate of 28.44 and 71.11 during the year 1971-81 and 1981-2001 respectively, thus showing increment in the population growth rate during the last decade which might be attributed to the strengthening the economic base of this area. Udhampur is an important city of Udhampur district and is only urban settlement of its LPA with population 81273 persons in 2001, whereas the population of rural areas is 41278 persons as per census 2001. The comparative growth trend of population of LPA, Udhampur and Jammu and Kashmir State is given in Table 2.1 below-
Table No 2.1- Population and Growth rate of Jammu & Kashmir State and LPA, Udhampur
Population Growth Rate 1981- 1981- 2001- 1971 1981 2001 2011 91 2001 2011 Population State Jammu & Kashmir Urban 1658221 1260403 2516638 3414106 -31.56 49.91 26.28 Rural 2758411 4726986 7627062 9134820 41.64 38.02 16.50 Total 4416632 5987389 10143700 12548926 26.23 40.97 19.10 Population Udhampur LPA Urban 16392 22909 56897 56553 28.44 59.73 -0.6* Urban villages in 24376 Udhampur LPA
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Rural Settlements ------41278 ------in LPA Total population of LPA 122551
Source: census 1971, 1981, 2001.
*this figure has been calculated during the census 2011 but the census was not done properly due the issues of reservation quotas of rural anf forest areas so the figure is going to be wrong and may not be considered.
The Table 2.1 depicts that the growth rate of population of LPA Udhampur shown a increasing trend during 1971-2001, with the growth rate of 28.44% during 1971-1981 and 59.73% during 1981-2001 which is very high in comparison to the growth rate of Jammu and Kashmir State during the respective decades. The growth rate of urban population of LPA Udhampur was much higher than the State Urban during respective decades. The point should be noted that the Census 1991 was not held here so the growth rate has been taken of twenty years during 1981 and 2001. So that we can assume here that the actual growth rate during these two decades will be the half of the given growth rate which is shown in the rightmost column of Table 2.1 The growth trend of population of LPA Udhampur urban area is also shown in figure 1 below-
56897 56553 60000
50000
40000
30000 22909 16392 20000
10000
0 1971 1981 2001 2011
Source: census 1971, 1981, 2001, 2011
Figure 2.1 -Population growth Trend
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2.2. Population Characteristics 2.2.1. Growth rate
As already stated Udhampur is an important urban settlement of district the only urban area of LPA, Udhampur. Population growth (Table no2.1) of Udhampur city over the decades from 1971 to 2001 is given in figure 2. While reflecting the figures of above table into a diagrammatical from it gives an immediate impression of variation of growth rate as shown in Figure No 2.
Growth rate 30.50 29.90 30.00
29.90
29.50
29.00
28.50 28.45 GrowthRatein %
28.00
27.50 1971-1981 1981-1991 1991-2001
Figure 2.2 – Population Growth Rate of Udhampur
2.2.2. Sex ratio in Udhampur
According to 2011 census, the sex ratio was 911 females per 1000 males AT city level y level when compared with the state figure of 892 females per 1000 males seems to be very positive approach with the figure 2011.
2.2.3. Literacy in Udhampur
Table No. 2.2 depicts that the literacy rate in Udhampur LPA. It has been recorded that Literacy rate is 72.88% in case of total literacy rate of Udhampur LPA, in case of males it is78.16 % and in case of female it is 60.69 %. In case of urban area which is Udhampur city total literacy rate is higher than the rural area of LPA. Similar is the case of male literacy rate as well as female literacy rate. But on comparing sex wise, literacy rate is higher in case of males than the females. It shows that awareness for women education is more prevalent in the rural folk than the whole of L.P.A.
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Table no 2.2 – Literacy rate in Udhampur LPA as per census 2001
Total Male literacy rate Female Literacy Rate Total Total literacy population Literates Total Number % Total Number % rate Census 2001 Urban 81273 63235 77.80 49499 41395 83.62 31774 21840 68.73 Rural 41278 23633 57.25 21967 14465 65.84 19311 9168 47.47 Total 122551 86868 70.88 71466 55860 78.16 51085 31008 60.69 Census 2011 Urban 56553 43719 77.30 29579 24005 81.1 26974 19714 73.0 Source: census 2001
As per the census 2011 figures on comparing with census 2011 male literacy rate has been slightly decreased and female literacy rate has been increased from 68.73% to 73.0 percent.
2.3. Economy and Employment 2.3.1. Work force participation
The overall Work Force Participation Ratio (Ratio of total workers Vs total population) for Udhampur L.P.A stands 39.19 % which is higher than state figure of 37%. This can be a strong base for the economic base for the LPA Udhampur. Within the urban and rural areas in Udhampur L.P.A, the urban areas have been observed to have higher work force participation ratio than rural areas. It can be implied from the data that Udhampur city generally have a high work force participation ratio in comparison to that of the villages. (Refer Table 2.3).
Table 2.3 - Work Force participation
Margina Total Non- Main l Workers Workers Workers Total Total Workers State/district/cit (% of (% of (% of populatio worker (% of y/ village Total Total Total n s Total Population Population Workers Workers ) ) ) ) Jammu & 375381 10143700 37.00 62.99 69.49 30.53 Kashmir 5 City Udhampur 81273 34243 42.13 57.86 95.29 4.70 UG + OG
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All LPA villages 41278 16178 39.19 60.80 74.52 25.47 Total LPA 122551 50421 41.14 58.86 88.62 11.37 Source: census 2001
So it is clear from the above data work force is more oriented towards the urban activities than the rural activities.
2.3.2. Occupational structure:
The occupational structure has been noticed in LPA Udhampur as per Census 2001. In both cases in urban area Udhampur about almost all workers are engaged in secondary and tertiary activities. In case of rural area of Udhampur LPA it has been observed that persons engaged in the primary activities (cultivators and Agriculture) are 34.66 %. Remaining are engaged in the Secondary and tertiary activities. In case of Local planning area Udhampur about 89 percents workers are engaged in the Secondary and tertiary activities. These figures in table 2.4 show that the scenario of development of Udhampur has more oriented toward the Industries as the Trade and commerce flourished in this city and LPA
Table 2.4- Occupational structure of Udhampur LPA
Type of workers Urban % Rural % LPA % Primary sector Cultivators 505 1.55 4136 34.31 4641 10.39 Agriculture workers 39 0.12 42 0.35 81 0.18 Secondary sector 0.00 0 0.00 Households Industrial workers 120 0.37 60 0.50 180 0.4 Other industries 6713 21.00 1642 13.62 8355 19 Tertiary sector 25255 76.97 6176 51.23 31431 70.03 Total 32632 100.00 12056 100.00 44688 100 Source: census 2001 2.3.3. Dependency ratio:
The dependency ratio of Udhampur city and LPA is almost better than the state as well as the district. The dependency ratio of workers versus population is found to be 1:2.3 in case of Udhampur city and 1:2.4 in the rural areas of LPA. If we consider at the LPA level it is found to be the almost similar to the Udhampur city area. The detail has been given in the Table 2.5 Shown below:
Table 2.5 Dependency ratio in Udhampur LPA
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Category Urban Rural LPA
Total 81273 41278 122551 population
Total workers 34243 16178 50421
Dependency 1:2.37 1:2.55 1:2.43 Ratio Source: census 2001
2.4. House Hold survey Analysis
As per the clause 2.4 (i) of the RFP the five percent sample survey of population and its attributes has been collected at entire urban area. Tech Mech International Pvt Ltd. team has collected a sample of 495 houses from the entire planning area to analyze the entire planning area. The study of this socio-economy is also required for assessing the economic base or potential of a particular area. The economic base is one of the important determinants of proposed land use. This information forms the basis for the formulation of future Master Plan and policies. The various aspects have been studied and analyzed has been described below one by one.
The total no. of houses are surveyed are 495 houses as 5 percent of 9902 households (total no of households in Census 2001). The survey has been collected as an every 20th house from the whole planning area and been collected from the each ward of city. The total no of persons has been calculated from these 495 houses is found to be 2091. The various characteristics of this population are as follows;
2.4.1. Age and Sex
This aspect has been studied to analyze the category of population which is a main resource of the development of LPA Udhampur. The data given in the Table 2.6 as well as in the Figure 2.3 is giving the clear cut picture of the population categories of Udhampur LPA.
Table 2.6 Age and sex distribution of Udhampur LPA
Age years Males Females Total Percentage of Total 0-6 50 61 111 5.31 6-20 288 182 470 22.48 20-55 721 625 1346 64.37
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55-above 112 52 164 7.84 Total 1171 920 2091 100 Source: Primary Socio Economic Survey
Age and sex Distribution
52 55-above 112
625 20-55 721
Females 182
Age Age Years in 6-20 288 Males
61 0-6 50
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 No of persons
Figure 2.3 Age sex Pyramid
In the age of 0-6 years it is found to be that females are more than the males which is showing the town Udhampur has shown positive scenario towards the women empowerments. On the next in the age of 6 to 20 this is a 22 percent of the total population surveyed showing that the demand towards the education and other social physical infrastructure of this age group like playgrounds, educational institutes etc. on the next stage while analyze the age group 20-55 which is a major workable age group of the every area. It is found to be the 64 percent of the total population surveyed. This is showing that the town has a major chunk of the workforce which is available for the future development of the town. While analyzing the age group of above 55 it found to be 5 percent of the total population surveyed who are demanding the more infrastructures like Parks, libraries, museums in the city orientation.
The sex ratio of the town is found to be 915 females per 1000 males when compared with the state figure of 892 females per 1000 males seems to be very negative approach with the figure of 885 in 2001.so there is an urgent requirement to take suitable steps towards the women empowerment programmers in the city of Udhampur.
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2.4.2. Occupational structure
While the survey doing the occupational structure of the people has also been analyzed this is showing that the out of the total population surveyed which is 804 which is 38 percent of the total population surveyed which is lower than the Census figure 42 percent. The engagement of total workers in various sectors has been described below in the figure.
Occupational structure of Udhampur
118, 15%
246, 30% GOVT SECTOR PVT SECTOR BUSINESS MANS 288, 36% OTHERS 152, 19%
Figure 2.4 Occupational Structure
At the top one, 36 percent of the total workers are engaged in their own business like shops, rehris, etc which is showing that the people of the Udhampur are hard workers and not depended on the others and Government. Service sector in government sector as well as in Private sector also plays an important role in the economic growth of the city. The survey showing that the more than the 50 percent of the population are engaged in the service sector. Remaining 15 percent of populations are engaged in the primary and secondary activities which are showing that there is least development of industrial sector in the Udhampur town.
2.4.3. Educational structure
The educational structure of the Udhampur town will provide us the skilled level of the town population which will also show the literacy level of the population.
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Table 2.7 - Educational Structure
Percentage Qualification No. of persons of total population Primary 323 15.91 Secondary 599 29.51 Higher secondary 448 22.07 Graduation 330 16.26 Post graduation 148 7.29 Phd 2 0.10 Illitrate 180 8.87 Total 2030 100.00 Source: Primary Socio Economic Survey
The above table indicates that the literacy level of the city is quite high showing that the positive approach towards the Education. The 15 percent of total has qualified the primary, 29 percent has qualified secondary, 22 percent has qualified higher secondary, 16 percent has qualified the graduation, 7 percent post graduation and there are 2 person which has qualified the PhD and there is only 8.8 percent of total surveyed population is comes under the illiterate. So that the city and town can also be developed as a Educational hub of the region.
2.4.4. Per capita Income
The per capita income of the population will provide us the economic status of the town and will provide us the level of infrastructure demanded by the population. the figure --shows that at the top one out of 495 families surveyed 225 families having a per capita income of Rs 2000-Rs 5000 per month. Which is showing that the level of the town is towards the higher MIG, 156 families having per capita income of RS 5000- 10000 as well as on the lower side only 71 families has been categorized under the low income groups having a per capita less than Rs 2000 per month.
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Per Capita income Trend
250 225
200
156 150
100
No.of Families 49 43 50 22
0 Less than 1000-2000 2000-5000 5000-10000 Above 1000 10000 Monthly Per Capita income in Rs
Figure 2.5: Per Capita Income
2.4.5. Work place relationship
The workplace relationship will indicate that the growth of future expansion of the town. The following figure shows that the 62 percent of the population is working at a walking distance under 0 to 3 km and it has also been observed that 90 percent of the population is working less than 10 km from their respective house. This indicates that Udhampur town demands compact development.
Work place Relationship 600 505
500 400
300 231
200 No.of workers 100 55 15 2 0 0-3 3-10 10-20 20-50 above 50 Distance Travellled in KMS
Figure 2.6 Work Place Relationship
Traveling pattern of students show a similar trend with worker as shown in figure below..
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Travelling Pattern of Students 700 581 600
500 400 300
No.of students 200 100 30 5 0 0-3 3-10 above 10 Distance Travelled in KMS
Figure 2.7- Travelling pattern of students
2.4.6. Housing type
The type of houses has been surveyed and categorized on the basis of material used in the flooring, superstructure and roof of each house, and on the basis of ownership status. First of all on the basis of material used houses of the city of Udhampur has been categorized into three types i.e. kaccha houses, Pucca House and semi Pucca House. The detail and no. of house has been cagorised in the figure given below-
Type of Houses 4% 7%
Kacha Pucca Semi- Pucca 89%
Figure 2.8 Types of Houses
Figure showing that the condition of the houses is much better which falls in the pucca house and covers that 89 percent of the total houses, only 11 percent of the houses has been categorized into the moderate and poor condition and shown under the semi Pucca and kacha houses in the figure above. This shows that the majority of the population living in the permanent structures.
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2.4.7. Ownership status
Under the housing type the ownership status of the houses has also been studied which indicates that the 96 percent of the total population living in their own houses and only four percent is living on the rented basis as shown in the figure below.
OWNERSHIP STATUS
20, 4%
OWNED RENTED
475, 96%
Figure 2.9– Ownership status of houses
2.4.8. Households by Source of Drinking Water
As per the survey done about 96 percent of the total surveyed households have source of the drinking water from piped water supply provided by PHE Department and remaining 4 percent are depends upon the wells and Bowlis etc. The no. of houses by source of drinking water are as under.
Figure 2.10 – Households by source of drinking water
19, 4%
Piped water supply 476, 96% Bowli/Wells
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2.4.9. Households by Availability of Sanitation Facility
As per the survey done about 91 percent of the total surveyed households using septic tank and 3 percents of using Pit tank, 3 percent of is discharging Sewer Directly into the drains of city and remaining three percent having No any Facility for Sanitation So there is a demand of a sewerage system in the Town.
Sanitation Facilities
16, 3% 13, 3% 17, 3%
Septic tank Pit tank 449, 91% In Drain No facility
Figure 2.11 – Households by source of drinking water
2.4.10. Households by Availability of Assets
The check list of Assets has been checked during the survey of households which will provide us the clear indication of economic status of the local people. The numbers of households having different type of assets are as shown in the figure. And table below
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Table 2.8 - Households by Availability of Assets
Percentage of total No. of Asset Surveyed Households Household Car 92 18.58 Two Wheeler 272 54.94 TV 456 92.12 Computer/Laptop 106 21.41 Refrigerator 452 91.31 Source: Primary Socio Economic Survey
The table indicates that TV and refrigerator are available in more than 90 percent of the total surveyed houses. Two wheelers are also having a more than 50 percent of the total household, and it is depicting in the above table only 18 percent of the household having a car facility and 21 percent of the household having a computer/laptop facility.
2.5. Emerging Economic Drivers of LPA Udhampur
Several Economic drivers have been identified within the Udhampur L.P.A. recently, booming real estate activities. These activities have played a great role in both the Physical and Economic development of the city.
Besides this, several multiplexes, like Vishal mega mart and BIG BAZAR have come up in the Udhampur city starts contributing towards the economic development. Further, there is proposal for establishment of railway link to Katra going to completed in 2013 which will give large no. development activities in the Udhampur. The Udhampur over the period of time has also established its mark in the tourism industry due to the presence of historical sites and pilgrims such as Vaishno Devi, and Patnitop The city is witnessing boom in hotel and restaurant industry due to large influx of tourists on daily basis. The booming tourism industry is bound to give employment to large number of people in near future. Existing economic drivers are studied in terms of Industry, Trade/commerce, Tourism and Agriculture and Allied activities.
2.5.1. Industrial base
There are at present 62 industrial units have been registered which are located within the municipal limit having manpower less than 4 workers. (Refer Annexure II). The number of need based industries would increase because of many incentives offered by the state
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2.5.1.1. Industrial Estates:
Industrial estates have been setup in the city of Udhampur by Department of Industries under State Govt. Policy to facilitate industrial development in cities with potential for industrialization.
Udhampur with high potential for industrial growth has two Industrial estates. The details of industrial estates in Udhampur city within L.P.A are given in the table below:
Table: 2.9 Industrial estates
Serial no. Industrial Total area in No. of units No of No. of non Estate hac. working working units Units 1 Thanda 2.47 23 13 10 badder 2 Battal 47.55 64 59 5 Ballian Total 50.02 87 72 15 Source: Industrial Department, Udhampur
The broad location of industrial units is disorganized excepting industrial estate established by the government over an area of 2.47 hac., and having industrial units as listed in annexure III as joinery saw mills, furniture and fixtures and wood products, ice factories, soap factories, lime and Brick and tile manufacturing lie along the major roads and in the interior which are not compatible to the uses.
Within LPA, Udhampur, the two Focal Points cover a total area of 50.02 acres with a total of 87 industrial sheds/ plots. The existing industrial estates although have provision of water supply, and storm water drainage but they lack maintenance. The internal roads in the old industrial estates are not well maintained. Open disposal of industrial waste has been observed which needs to be regulated.
Based on the polluting level of particular industries each industry has to be categorized as Red, Orange and Green, the detail in each has been given in the figure below:
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TYPE OF INDUSTRIES 100 94 90 80 70 60 RED 50 40 ORANGE 25 30 22 24 GREEN 20 14 16 8 10 3 2 0 INDUSTRIAL ESTATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GRAND BATTAL BALLIAN THANDA BADDER TOTAL Source: Industrial Department, Udhampur
From the figure it is clear that in the industrial estate Thanda Badder there are 3 industrial units which are falling in the Red category which need s to be shifted outside in the Battal Ballian industrial estate and Thanda Badder industrial estate to be kept as a non polluting.
An industrial estate Battal Ballian has been developed recently in the south of the city of Udhampur along the national highway which is covering an area of 47.55 hectare. having industries like; cement, Coal based industries, other mineral and plastic industries, which is showing a positive approach towards the nature. This Industrial area is polluting in nature but it has been developed in the outskirts in the city far away from the municipal boundary of Udhampur showing no impact on the town. The area is developed recently having a large chunk of land is available for future development.
The railway link exits from Udhampur recently established have also a great potential for the industrial development in a city of Udhampur. For the Establishment for the industrial base the industrial base town has the following potentials.
As per the studies conducted Udhampur District has mineral resourses in abundance, like coal fields in Jungal-Gali, existence of Bauxite & lignite ores with coal belts in Kanthan and availability of 500 to 600 million tones of lime which will act as boom for the industrial Base and industries of cement based, iron based and lime based can be explored.
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2.5.1.2. Key issues:
1. Scattered industries – no consideration to accessibility/approach/ has been given. 2. Some Industrial units along major roads are developed without proper policies/strategies and are incompatible with their respective uses. 3. As per the reference of old Master plan The lost glory of Udahmpur city in terms of Food products, wood products, readymade garments, metal products, leather products, Rolling Shutters requires immediate restoration. 4. Indusrial growth of the town and its environs have to be boost to bring in small and medium scale industries as well as handicrafts and industries based on the agro forest products which is totally loosing day by day. 5. Absence of food processing industry or cold storage facility
2.5.2. Trade and commerce:
The Udhampur is an important trade and Commerce centre of whole Local planning area as well as Udhampur City because of its nodal location at the inter-section of Jammu to Srinagar National Highway 44 and Udhampur- Dhar Highway. As per data provided by the Municipal council of Udhampur there are large numbers of shops of all type in city are exits. These are located (predominantly) at bus stand Dhabbar- Park, main Bazar, Mukharji bazaar and Adarsh Colony and also Ribboning along with sides of corridor on NH 44 and Dhar - Udhampur road. Broad locations of the shopping areas are at:-
NH-1A
Dhabbar Park
DHAR ROAD
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1. Bus stand market (un regulated) 2. Mukharji Bazar and Ram Nagar Road 3. Natraj Cinema Market 4. Salian Talab 5. Super Bazar near Bus Stand 6. Dhabbar Market 7. Main Bazar and Geeta Bhawan 8. Housing board colony Market 9. Meat Market near old Hospital 10. Court road Market 11. New hospital road
2.5.2.1. Retail and whole sale shops
As per the data provided by the Municipal council Udhampur there are 1700 retail shops and 100 whole sale shops say (1800 Total) exists in the Udhampur local planning area which are scattered all over the city. As per UDPFI guidelines for existing population of LPA, 1 shop is required for every 200 persons, at each, at Community centre and Sector centre, 1 shop is required for 110 persons at Cluster centre. But now there is no hierarchy of commercial activities. So the average is, 1 shop is required for 170 persons.
Data provided by MC gives one shop per 60 persons which is quite high as per the requirement, so that the commercial establishment due to the transitory and service nature of the town, also due to the location of the city is falling on the major Tourist Route of NH 1-A.
2.5.2.2. Ware Houses and Godowns
As per the data provided by the Municipal council, Udhampur, there is no warehouse in the entire planning area and there are 15 godowns which exist in the city of Udhampur, which are located all over the city in Mukherjee bazaar, Main bazaar, Dhar Ramnagar road, Adarsh Colony and near the Bus stand.
2.5.2.3. Mandies
There is one vegetable market located on Dhar road which is in the form of a square having an area of 2.4 acres. The Mandi deals in retail consumable goods, Comprising of Vegetable, fruits etc.
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2.5.2.4. Grain market:
This market is located along the road, leading from north-eastern side of bus stand to old Mukherjee Bazar road. This deals in retail Business of grains, potatoes, pulses, red chilies, ginger etc.
The area under the Vegetable market and grain mandi is not sufficient and is further choked by Rehris, hand carts and heavy vehicles in the mandi areas.
2.5.2.5. Informal Sector
In addition to these Traditional markets city has large number of informal markets. The genesis of these informal markets has its origin in the large number of tourists and visitors coming to the city regularly, lack of formal commercial spaces, land values and land disposal policy of the Parastatal agencies. Most of these informal markets are located around the major traffic nodes including railway station, bus stand and places of tourist interest and religious Centres etc, most of these informal markets are located on road berms, vacant land/open spaces, parking lots etc are creating numerous problems in the efficient functioning of the city including traffic and transportation. In order to rationalize the growth and development of the city, informal sector needs to be made integral part of the city planning and development process. Options for creating more affordable commercial areas in terms of day markets needs to be explored in order to enable the informal sector contribute to the economic growth of the city.
Informal sector, survey in the city has been conducted in order to have better understanding of the exact nature and characteristics of these areas. The major considerations taken while analyzing the informal activities in these stretch/junctions are surrounding land use, character of land use activity, effective width of road reduced due to encroachments and informal activity.
The nature of informal activity, whether it is permanent, temporary or mobile, duration of time and peak hours of informal activities, space occupied for particular use, availability of infrastructure, source of electricity, mode of disposal generated by these informal vendors. Informal parking and on- street parking. As per the data provided by the Municipal council Udhampur there are 500 street vendors throughout the entire planning area who are engaged in informal sector. The issue is to have formal spaces for such informal markets so that they don‟t create problem rather help in economic generation of the city.
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2.5.2.6. KEY ISSUES 1. The markets of the old city are highly congested and have high density. Due to absence of adequate parking and organized commercial area the movement in these areas has been hampered. 2. The narrow streets and road encroachments have further degraded the aesthetic and potential of the area. This has affected the trade of the markets and thus their existence. 3. No institution dedicated to research and development of traditional industrial products of the city, like wooden and forest products, is established to improve their quality, cost effectiveness and marketing. 4. No commercial complex for banking, insurance and share market exists in the city. 5. No organized space is available for the informal sector of the city. So that they don‟t create problem rather help in economic generation of the city. 2.5.3. Tourism 2.5.3.1. Tourist nodes at regional level
The existence of following Tourist spots in the Udhampur District as well as the surrounding Regions has made Udhampur a tourist centre of National repute and hub of religious and cultural heritage.
1. Krimchi Group of Temples, ancient temples with history related to Mahabharata 2. Vaishnodevi, one of the most revered Hindu temples dedicated to Goddess Shakti 3. Shivkhori, cave shrine dedicate to Lord Shiva 4. Patnitop, a hill top tourist destination 5. Baba Dhansar 6. Siar Baba 7. Reasi 8. Bhimgarh Fort 9. Kalika Temple 10. Mansar lake 11. Suruinsar Lake 12. Kali Mata Mandir, Rehambal fort, 9 km from Udhampur town on NH-44. 13. Sanasar, 19 km from Patnitop, it is a hub of wilderness adventure camps and paragliding in Jammu. 14. Nathatop, 11 km from Patnitop, on route to Sanasar, it offers scenic view of the surroundings of Shivalik range and the Brahma Massif of the Kishtwar Himalayas. It is also popular site for paragliding.
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15. Pancheri, one of the best hill station about 40 km from Udhampur city, a health resort with very pleasant weather, annual Shankri Devta mela is a big tourist attraction in summers. Accordingly, it attracts large number of tourists on day-to-day basis. In addition, it has the distinct advantage of having a number of historical sites present within the LPA and its surroundings, which offer enormous opportunities of development. These sites can be effectively used and developed for leveraging the tourism potential and for providing and required impetus to the tourism. Further, it has been observed that despite large no. of tourists visiting the city, their actual stay is highly restricted. Most of the tourists stay only for 2-3 hours. In order to make tourism as the major economic driver for the area, it is proposed to extend the stay of the tourists to two-three days. In addition, city has very limited accommodation for catering to low budget tourists. Accordingly, it is also important that appropriate level of budget hotels are created in the city. Scheme for accommodating tourists in the residential houses (bed and breakfast) can also be considered as an option for providing affordable accommodation to the tourists. Incentive based scheme will have to be framed for creating appropriate level of budget accommodation. It is also proposed to provide numerous options for the tourists by developing tourist circuits at various levels like Local and Regional level. The entire approach to promote tourism shall revolve around provision of 4 as including 1. Promoting high degree of Accessibility, 2. Providing comfortable and affordable quality Accommodation, including low budget accommodation. 3. Creating more opportunities for Attracting tourists, and 4. Providing state of art tourism related Infrastructure and Amenities. 2.5.3.2. Tourist’s Inflow at regional level The town is working as nuclei for all routes of Tourists by Rail and Roads. In view of easy accessibility by road, and Railway line, Udhampur is well connected with other parts of the Country. It attracts tourists from various walks of life. The data shown by Department of Tourism, the number of Tourists has increased from 199532 to 320734 in 2006 to 2010 Annual tourist arrivals are as under:
Table 2.10- Tourist Trend in Udhampur at Patnitop and Sanasar Year No of Tourists Growth rate 2006 199532 2007 197140 -1.21 2008 188364 -4.6 2009 166232 -13.3 2010 320734 48.17 Source: Tourism Department, Udhampur
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Above data is showing that the there is decrease in the Tourist Flow from the year 2006 to 2010 but there is a sharp increase of tourists in the year 2010 with a growth rate of 48 percent. So the data is showing that the there is a potential to develop a tourism industry in Udhampur.
The Tourism potential of the truncated District Udhampur has however in no way been diminished by the above developments as it is still home to the premier hill resort of Patnitop, the ancient Heritage sites of Krimachi, Babor, Ramnagar and Jaganoo and to numerous well known pilgrimage centres such as Sudhmahadev, Mantalai, Pingla Mata, Jallandhari Mata (Ladden), Shiv Parvati Caves of Moungri, The Holy Devika Rivulet at Udhampur besides many other Shrines. The National Highway 1-A connecting Kashmir valley the veritable “Paradise on Earth” to Jammu and the rest of the country also passes through Udhampur opening up numerous opportunities for Highway Tourism. The 70 Lakh pilgrim-cum-tourists visiting Vaishnoo devi every year also have a tendency to visit other newly centers of pilgrimage and tourist destinations before returning home thus presenting a great potential for the development of pilgrimage/ tourism in the district as well as Town Udhampur.
2.5.3.3. Tourist attraction nodes at local Level Holy Devika
The Holy Devika Devasthan located on the bank of the Holy Devika Rivulet in the District Headquarters Udhampur is at a distance of 43 Kilometers from Katra, the base town for Vaishnoodevi Pilgrimage. It is only a few hundred meters from the National Highway 1-A which links Katra/ Jammu to Patnitop and the beautiful valley of Kashmir. The Holly Devika rivulet is considered in Hindu mythology to be even more sacred than the Ganges. It is called the elder sister of the river Ganges and lakhs of devotees from all over the regions come to take a dip in the Holy river every year. The religious importance of Holy Devika is such that lakhs of people of the region also come have for their religious rites. During Baisakhi every year a 3 day mela is held here which is attended by large number of person from both within and outside the State.
Keeping in view its historical and religious importance and the potential that it holds as an accessible pilgrimage tourism attraction there is a need to prepare a comprehensive development plan for the holy devika site complex which will attracts he State Government
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Ancient group of temples at Devika Complex
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The Holy Devika Rivulet receives waste water as well as sludge from the areas located towards Western side of the town viz. Housing Colony Shiv Nagar, Indira Nagar, Adarsh Colony, Chabutra Bazar, Old Bus Stand area, New Bus Stand area, T. B. Hospital, Mohallah M.H Road & Police Line area. Because of its topography waste water and sludge finds its way into Holy Devika. In addition a lot of habitants have come up on right bank of Holy Devika, besides this Military Hospital and Army Command area‟s contribution of water also finds it way to Holy Devika.
The holy devika is considered sacred by the public for its historical and religious importance; such is its religious importance that not only people of this town but other adjoining towns of the district come here for performing their religious rites.
In view of its religious and historic importance it has become necessary to keep Holy Devika, pollution free.
Project has already been prepared by the tourist department which has not been implemented so there is an urgent need to implement the project with the provisions and integration of Master plan. Holy Devika must be marked as a special Heritage zone and Special guidelines and Byelaws to be prepared for it.
Central - City Udhampur
Central city of Udhampur was built on human scale i.e. a pedestrian entity. The narrow zigzag street pattern is a typical medieval planning concept and was not meant for vehicular movement. The maximum distance from one corner to another is 3 km and almost every area around Dhabbar Park (the nucleus of city) is within 1-2 km reach. So it could be visited by foot from the remotest corner. However, with the changing life styles and priorities of the living community all are in state of neglect. The threats posed to these areas and buildings are misuse, alteration in the architectural fabric, etc. So far, no effort has been made at the state or local level to preserve them. So the major problem of the area is conversion of land use from residential to commercial activities such conversion has led to lack of breathing spaces within old city. Strategies need to be evolved to stop future conversion of landuse to commercial and to restore its old glory and provision of open spaces wherever possible. The Dhabbar area must be considered as heart and soul of the Udhampur city and requires major
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2.5.3.4. Hotels
There are 35 hotels in the city. Some of the prominent hotels of the city are Dolphins, Tanishq and Samrat hotel. There are total 408 rooms available with AC and Non AC Facility having a cost cost varies from the Rs 70 per day to the Rs 2400 per day. The list and detail of Hotels has been given in Annexure IV there is urgent need for creating affordable and budget accommodation with quality facilities for the tourists in the city. This would not only help the tourists but would also extend their stay in the city. Further, most of the tourists halt at Udhampur as a transit destination before proceeding to other areas like Vaishno Devi Temple. This makes their visit to the city of a very short duration. However, considering the potential of Udhampur in terms of its connectivity and location of large number of places of historical and tourist interest in the close vicinity, the stay of the tourist could be increased from a single day to minimum 2-3 days. This would facilitate the city‟s trade and commerce and boost its economy.
2.5.3.5. Eco-Tourism
The Udhampur region has a large variety of terrain, climate and vegetation. Various wild animals and birds persist in it. Tourists are attracted to rich and varied array of natural, cultural, business, entertainment, sports and other attractions. They need to continuously renovate and improve such facilities, in order to sustain in the competitive market. Tourism is required to be well developed and managed in such a way that it benefits the resident population. Environment quality has to be improved. Heritage has to be maintained and preserved for tourism. Presently, however, degradation of environment and heritage are the major causes of worry and require to be immediately addressed. Eco-tourism is required to be propagated in consonance with environmental imperatives. Udhampur is witnessing an unprecedented crisis to sustain the tourism due to degradation of its environs. In order to safeguard the original character of Udhampur, on one hand and to ensure its continued attraction for the tourists, eco-tourism is the only panacea. All the tourist activities must come up in accordance with environmental and ecological imperatives. Entire area free of urban uses and forest cover in LPA are required harnessed for recreational purposes for tourists as
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2.5.3.6. Key issues
In view of the above, key issues related to heritage and tourism has been identified, which are as follows:
1. Lack of Focus on preservation and conservation of heritage buildings like holy Devika complex due to the Non listing. 2. Lack of strategies for promoting tourism such as promoting famous eating joints, opening up of food streets, Bazaar Culture, etc. to promote the old as the role model of urban heritage. 3. Absence of tourist circuits connecting various places of tourist interest in LPA act as disincentive for taking tourists to other destinations present within Udhampur LPA. 4. Absence of organized mode of travel connecting different tourist sites/destinations within the city and in its surroundings. 5. Non-declaration of the Dhabbar area and Devika complex as the Special Heritage Area is hampering the process to introduce some innovative and urgently needed steps to be taken up like Pedestrianisation, concept of Group Visiting, adequate financial help and tax incentives to the owners of the heritage buildings, etc. 6. Lack of affordable accommodation within the city for tourists. 7. Lack of parking spaces for the visitors with in hotels and sites. 8. Lack of Integration of existing eco system with Tourism
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Chapter 3: Physical Growth and Infrastructure Services
3.1. Existing Land Use Distribution pattern and challenges: 3.1.1. Land use Distribution at LPA level,
LPA Udhampur covers the revenue Estates of 47 villages which also include the areas of one urban centre i.e. Udhampur. The total area of LPA Udhampur is about 6223 hectares out of which 688 hectare is falling under municipal council area. This area is further categorized into various uses. And remaining is falling in the detail of breakup of major existing land uses is given in Table 3.1 below. The spatial distribution of existing Land Use of LPA Udhampur is shown in map no-4. The total area of Municipal Council of Udhampur is about 688 hectares which includes residential, industrial, commercial, public amenities and agricultural etc. Out of the developed area of the city about 287.52 hectares is covered under residential use, which is 41 percent of the total municipal area. The remaining detail is given in the table below and Figure given below:
Table 3.1 - Existing land use Distribution
Land use Area in hectares Percentage
Existing Residential 286.36 42.84 Commercial 3.59 0.53 Industrial 2.47 0.30 Public/ semi public 124.43 18.61 Govt/ semi govt/public office 16.78 2.51 Educational and Research 94.87 14.19 Medical and Health 2.32 0.34 Social, Cultural and Religious 1.17 0.17 Utilities and services 8.17 1.22 Cremation and Burial Ground 1.13 0.16 Recreational 57.06 8.54 Play grounds, stadium and sports complexes 2.18 0.32 Parks and gardens 2.33 0.34 Undeveloped green 52.55 7.86 Transport and communication 89.21 13.35 Roads 87.93 13.15 Terminals 1.29 0.19 Agriculture 86.25 12.90
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Agriculture 11.52 1.72 Forest 68.98 10.32 Water bodies 5.75 0.86 Defense under MC 19.02 2.84 Total 668.40 100 Source: Computed values
Existing landuse Distribution
Existing Residential
Commercial 3%
13% Industrial 43% 13% Public/ semi public 8% Recreational 19%
Transport and 1% 0% communication Agriculture
defence under MC
Figure – 3.1 Land use Distribution
3.1.1.1. Residential Residential use covers a large share of total area of our towns and cities; same is the case with Udhampur town. Out of total Municipal area of 668.40 hectares about 286.36 hectares are under residential use which is 42.84 % of total area. The residential area of the town is divided into various Segments Subash Nagar, Indra Nagar, Id Gah, Adarsh colony, Barrian, Karan nagar, Garrian talab, Ram kala Kendre, Arya samaj gali, Shiv nagar, Reghu nath pur, geeta Bhawan, Lambi gali, Sallia talab, Shakti nagar, Chabbutra, Chtristian colony and omara. There is no planned residential colony in Udhampur developed by any Govt. or Semi-Govt. agency. 3.1.1.2. Commercial The Udhampur is an important commercial centre of Udhampur district because of its nodal location at the inter-section of NH-44 and Dhar road. The total area covered under commercial
Master Plan Udhampur 61 Tech Mech International Pvt. Ltd Data Base Report Town Planning Organization, Udhampur Jammu use is 3.59 hectares which is 0.53 % of the total municipal area. The total commercial area having 500 shops of retail and 100 shops of whole sale and only one whole sale market of fruits and vegetable located on Dhar road. The oldest commercial area is the Gol market near Dhabbar Market .The other important commercial areas are Mukhjee Bazar, court Road, Chabitra market, etc. The general commercial is concentrated along the main corridor in the form of ribbon development particularly along NH-44 and Dhar road. The location of different commercial activities is shown in the Map No -4 3.1.1.3. Industrial As table depicts that the total area under industrial use is about 2.47 hectare which is 0.30 % of the total municipal area. The town of Udhampur does not have ample number of industries. The growth of industries is slow and limited to forest products industries particularly saw mills and other need based industries. The broad location of industrial units is disorganized excepting industrial estate established by the government over an area of 2.47 acres, shown on Existing Land use plan of Udhampur. Area of 951 kanals industrial complex has also been developed recently but is located outside the Municipal area As well located at the byepass edge of Udhampur planning area. 3.1.1.4. Recreational This use comprises of parks, open spaces, playground stadium, play areas and undeveloped Green As per table of existing landuse, the total area covered by this use is 57.06 hectares which is 8.54 percent of the total municipal area of Udhampur. This comprises of stadium, Jakhani Park, Dhabbar Park, lot of land of Devika complex and open spaces available due to the steep slope has not been developed in the area of town. 3.1.1.5. Public & Semi-Public This Use comprises the areas covered under Govt. / Semi Govt. offices, Govt. Lands, Education, Health, Socio–Cultural, cremation grounds etc. The total area covered by this use is about 124.43 hectares which is 18.61 percent of total Municipal area. One Police training college located outside the municipal area covers a large chunk of land under this Use. And area is separately calculated of 1.60 hectares under community facilities also come under this use. Utilities include uses like Water Works, Electric Grid station, (E.G.S.) Sewage Disposal, Solid Waste Dumping site etc. because the solid waste dumping site and sewerage disposal does not exist in the city but here only water works and grid stations area has been calculated. In Udhampur main source of drinking water is perennial source which has been extracted at 4 places and 8 pumping station. There is only one Electric Grid Station of 220 KV and 133 KV and four of 33 KV grids are located within the city area. There is no Solid Waste Management site or land fill site in the Municipal area because waste is dumping along Dhar road outside the city area.
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3.1.1.6. Traffic and transportation The total area under traffic and transportation is 87.93 hectares under roads and 1.29 hectares under terminals which is 16.38 of the total municipal area. However the percentage of area under this use is low as compared to norms and standards required for this size of town. The major problems related to this aspect is the existence of narrow width, Missing road hierarchy, lack of parking places, encroachment of roads, lack of traffic signals etc. There is a small size Organized Bus stand and a Railway Station covering land under this use. The spatial distribution of existing road network and other uses relating to traffic transportation are shown in Existing Land Use Plan, 3.1.1.7. Other uses
As per the Records available area under other uses has also been calculated in the local planning area are as under:
Table 3.2 - Description of various Land Uses
Area in Sr. no. Land Use hectares Agriculture and plantation, cultivation and trees, 1 1895.74* Orchards and farms and Nurseries Rocky Land, Forests, Slopes, Floodable land , Water Bodies , Open Chunk, 2 1006.14* etc. 3 Defence use and Air Force Use 1015.36* *This Area is Calculated Beyond The Mc Limit Area
Due to Defence strategy and establishment of Northern High Command, area under Defence and air force has been increasing as per their requirement. A stretch of about 10 km. form Ghari to Beerwan Nallah on NH 44 and from Ramnagar Domel junction upto Rathian and Mian Ka Bagh closer to the Dhar road have been under Defence use with beautiful landscaping and structures. Traffic movement on these major roads is impacted frequently due to movement of army into Udhampur or on to Valley; which warrants and necessitates restructuring of landuses/containing of land use under the army and provision of alter native routes for mitigating this perpetual.
As far as area under air force complex is concerned that should also be contained and prohibition for restructuring construction. There are restrictions imposed by the Home Ministry, Government of India for the development around this air port given as under, which is a major constraint in the utilization of Valuable land for the Future Development.
Restrictions:
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No construction of any Height of any Height or depth is allowed and no Source of Electrical Disturbance is allowed within 100 meters from the fence of any air port installation and the remaining will be as per The Air Traffic controls rules og Gazette notification of So 84/E.
3.1.2. Challenges of land use:
The city is witnessing unprecedented Landuse transformation. The residential use is being succeeded by commercial and tourism pursuits. Commercial use is colliding with transportation, tourism and institutional uses. Non-conforming and incompatible uses like workshops, wholesale, markets and on road parking are badly affecting the predominant and befitting uses as well as community life.
The parks, open spaces, forest areas, drainage lines, roads and steep slopes are being encroached upon and threatened by consumerism forces.
Over-development of many localities even on steep slopes without requisite infrastructure including roads and parking is a dismantle part of the critical Landuse scenario susceptible to hazards. In order to preserve the predominant use of the areas in terms of residential neighborhood, commercial area, tourism, institutional and transportation uses, except incidental uses pertaining, no other use is allowed therein. The non-conforming and incompatible uses are required to be shifted outside the city. Balanced Landuse pattern with maximum upto 60 percent plotted area in any locality needs no emphasis. Over-developed localities and central area require conservative surgery forthwith to combat their over development crisis.
The city has overdeveloped and is under utmost strain. The sunny slopes and spurs have. Lack of accessibility to many structures and localities is a matter of serious concern. The localities susceptible to hazards have to be dealt with. The multi-storey culture against hill development imperatives has to be effectively addressed. The city being overweight, whereby it is underrated for tourism purposes, calls for stringent regulatory control mechanism to restore its lost glory and make it sustainable for coming generations as well as tourists. The city is therefore, crying for the following:-
1. To inculcate culture for planned development. 2. Stringent regulations and penalties in respect of Green Areas 3. Survey of constructions susceptible to hazards on slopes and measures thereof. 4. Restrictions on construction activities in the existing city. 5. Conservative surgery of Central Area and Crowded localities. 6. As 4 to 6 storeys are more susceptible for damage during earthquakes, measures are required to be taken regarding constructions having more than 3 storeys.
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7. As 1/3rd road space is occupied by vehicular parking the same is required to be restored for movement purposes, by ensuring parking lots at strategic locations off the roads.
The requirements, therefore worked out have to be met with primarily in the Activities Zone in the vicinity of premier city site. All nonconforming and incompatible uses are required to be shifted and accommodated in this Zone. Areas to be indentified which are free inhabited localities and forest cover is to be beautified, landscaped for harnessing tourism and to give relief to local population
3.2. Physical Infrastructure: 3.2.1. Water Supply 3.2.1.1. Sources of water supply
Udhampur town 725 meter from Mean Sea Level because of its hill topography and undulating profile i.e. hill lock ridges has many a resource of water tapping resources, its impound age and supply by Gravitation and equitably to all colonies, commercial establishment and industrial areas. All the urban and rural settlements falling in the LPA are dependent on the Perennial water supply as the source for meeting their daily needs of water supply. The system of water supply in Udhampur is basically river Tawi, which is running from north to south on eastern Boundaries of the LPA. Sacred Devika, transferring through it towards having a water shed of Massive Hillock 1.e. 1.5 km in length and 150 feet high . Birwan Nalah 663 meter on its western boundaries has also a perennial source of water.
Water supply to outlying villages is also done by tube wells and springs at Sunthain and Krimchi filtrations plant as well as wells and bowlis.
The total capacity of these sources of water supply is 3233 gallons per day. The estimated water demand for a city is broadly classified as Domestic and non-Domestic. The domestic water demand includes per capita consumption and system losses, while non domestic water demand includes industrial and commercial consumption, institutional consumption and fire fighting demand.
Domestic demand
The existing domestic water requirement for Udhampur city have been calculated by taking the desirable norm of 135 LPCD for Medium cities as given in UDPFI guidelines. But as per the UDPFI guidelines for the cities having population more than 50000 should have desirable
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Non-Domestic demand
Industrial Demand: Bulk water supplied to industrial establishment will be considered as per specific requirement of each industry. However, the figure of 150 LPCD includes water requirements for commercial, institutional and minor industries.
3.2.1.2. Area and Population Coverage Municipal council area
Looking at the existing status of water supply within the council area, it has been Observed that out of the 668.40 hectares which falls under the jurisdiction of local body, 90 % of the area is presently covered by water supply. In terms of population coverage, the network is serving 90% of total city population which is a good sign of development. The population served by piped water supply includes service through the house connections, Despite the fact, the water extracted is higher than the actual consumption but the water available to the residents is of much lower order due to high wastage (about 43%) of the water supply. Major reason for wastage of water is leakage in the network, which is more than 50 years old, poor maintenance and lack of awareness on the part of the community.
Other Settlements
Out of the 47 rural settlements main source of water is supplied through spring, but still the five settlements namely Nagrota, Chain, Gordi. Preyan and Rathian are depended on the Bowlis and wells.
3.2.1.3. Water Treatment
As per the data provided by the PHE division, Udhampur there are four water treatment plants in Udhampur LPA three of these are at Salmay and one at Sounthian. The total water suppy is filtered through rapid gravity filtration plant and bleaching powder operation. No scientific system is available in all the settlements to check the quality of water supplied. The practice of water sampling to determine the quality of water is not practiced in any of the settlement.
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3.2.1.4. Distribution System
The distribution of water supply is done through the piped network and storage tanks. There are total 8 storage tanks which are located at different location of the city. In case of piped water lines the total distribution through 19.15 km length the main water supply lines. And 125.33 km of branched water supply lines. The main lines network is conceptually given in the Map- 5
The water supply to individual households, commercial establishments and industrial units is made through water connections. The table below gives details of water connections in Udhampur local area.
Table 3.3-Year wise trend of water connection in Udhampur local area
Growth Growth Rural Growth Year Domestic Commercial Growth rate Total Rate Rate Domestic Rate 2010 7622 235 5052 12909 2011 8457 9.87 242 2.89 5280 4.31 13979 7.65 2012 9660 12.45 248 2.41 6114 13.64 16022 12.75 Source: PHE Department, Udhampur
Due to rapid increase in population, there has been a simultaneous increase in water connections for domestic use. Because of large number of commercial establishments in Udhampur, number of connections in commercial categories is also very high.
Further, a system of water supply is operational in Udhampur is un-metered water supply with majority of connections falling in the category of the entire water supply is unmetered. In the absence of metering system, major wastage of water has been observed. Accordingly, in order to conserve the water and rationalizing the system of water charging, system of water metering needs to be immediately put in place.
3.2.1.5. Key issues:
1. 10% of the population and area not covered by water supply network in Udhampur. 2. Network problems due to obsolescence and aging (30 years). 3. High wastage due to water leakage, 4. Wastage of water due to unmetered water supply.. 5. Intermittent water supply leading to higher wastage. 6. Low overhead storage capacity. 7. Poor maintenance of service network. 8. Lack of use of Rainwater harvesting Techniques.
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Considering the rapid growth of Udhampur, Appropriate strategies and mechanism needs to be explored, including recycling of the waste water by the industry. Mechanism of rainwater harvesting should also be encouraged at the household/ institutional/ industrial level in order to provide better quality and quantity of water.
3.2.2. Sewerage and Sanitation The disposal of sewage generated by industrial, commercial, domestic and institutions is also one of the basic function of the local bodies. Providing sewage disposal network is mandated due to its impact on the quality of life and quality of environment. Accordingly, sewage disposal has also been considered as one of the critical component of urban infrastructure determining the quality of life in urban sector. In this context, while preparing the future planning framework for the city, it is important to examine the issues and status related to sewerage and sanitation in Udhampur and the rural settlements located in the LPA. Presently Udhampur is totally deprived from sewerage facility. The existing system of the city is Septic Tank, Pit Tank, Directly throwing into drain based on the individual basis. The polluted water of Septic tank is also throwing into the drains of the city area. In The town Udhampur the comprehensive sewerage and Sanitation plan needs to be prepared and implemented. 3.2.3. Drainage With the creation of large area of hard surface by bringing vacant and green land into urbanization, large volume of storm water drainage is generated in urban areas. Draining the rain water assumes importance because of the numerous problems created due to inefficient disposal of storm water. Due to inefficient or non-existence of Storm Water Drainage network, most of the city face a problem of water logging, causing heavy loss to property and human lives. Area and Population Coverage Udhampur has the advantage of having a network of both natural and manmade open drains/nallahs, which have a general slope of North to South. The city of Udhampur has 100 percent Drainage network with Pucca drains within the MC boundary the development of Drainage network is lacking in only four wards which were added later in the municipal boundary in 2011. Considering the existing status of Storm Water Network, it appears that this network has high priority on the agenda of Municipal Council. At present more than 95% of the city area and population is covered under the storm water network but outside the municipal boundary it seems to be at the lower rank. In the city of Udhampur there are 81010 feet of main drain and 38404 feet lengths of Puuca drain. Cleaning, repairing and Maintaince is not available.
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Drainage Network Udhampur has the advantage of having a network of both natural and manmade open drains/nallahs, which have a general slope of North to south and all eastern ridge towards river Tawi, and western ridge towards Devak nallah, far western towards Beerwan Khadd. This has a sizeable water shed area consisting of dense forests of Gangera Sharda forests of Gangera, Sharda forest, Chattri, Sumbal and Sui, Rakh Tanda, and Jakhain, long stretches of plateaus and elevated ground along Dhar Udhampur Road form a water shed towards Beriyal, Kawa; rich agricultural lands which also has a Defence airport. Similarly, western stretch of Balian-Udhampur road, Slopes abrubtly forming water shed and Drainage towards Devak Which becomes a tributary of Beerwan Nalah at Barian village. The rising mounds of land in between Devak and Beerwan Nalah having slope Balian forming intersecting mounds and land Protrusions, with Plateau‟s and Water Bodies at the top. The gradient of these drains is well due to its topography. There are two major Drains serving the city, namely Devak, Beerwan and Air force nallah, Air force nallah is running parallel to the river Tawi and merge with Tawi in the south. Devak and Beerwan Nallah are also running in west Side of the city. Both these nallahs ultimately discharge into the River Tawi, which is located east and south to the city. Thus, Devak and Omara Drain remain most critical for discharging the storm water as well as sewage. Despite the fact that there is a network of Drains and Nallahs available in Udhampur, most of them are unfortunately used for carrying the untreated Sullage and domestic refuse. Since the area close to these Nallahs/drains has been urbanized by mushrooming of residential colonies including slums, most of the household waste and sullage is dumped into these nallahs/drains. In the absence of any treatment plant in the Udhampur urban area, this practice has led to not only high degree of health hazard to the adjoining communities, but has emerged as the major threat to environment and quality of life. These nallahs have become a major eyesore and has led to high degree of pollution of perennial source of water resource making it unfitted at most of the places for human consumption. In view of the existing scenario, it becomes critical that practice of discharging untreated sullage into the drains/nallahs should be immediately stopped and these drains/nallahs should be restored to their lost glory. Key Issues Looking at the existing status of drainage, following major issues emerge; 1. Whole rural settlements of planning area are devoid of drainage facility. 2. Lack of new techniques, such as Rainwater storage, which can help in conserving the water.
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3. Disposal of domestic refuse and untreated sullage in the Drains water drains has led to high degree of health hazard, emerging as major threat to environment and quality of life. 4. Use of storm water drains/nallahs for disposal of sewerage. 5. Lack of cleaning at regular interval of time. 6. The Holy Devika Rivulet receives waste water as well as sludge from the areas located towards Western side of the town .The holy devika is considered sacred by the public for its historical and religious importance; In view of its religious and historic importance it has become necessary to keep Holy Devika pollution free. 3.2.4. Solid waste Management Solid waste management is the prime responsibility of the Municipal Council Udhampur involving collection, storage, segregation, transportation and disposal. In Udhampur urban limits, house to house collection of the solid waste is carried out through a number of sanitary workers deployed by the Municipal Council, payment of which is made on shared basis by Municipal council and Committees which are constituted at Mohalla level and support the system through household contributions. In all, there are average 150 sanitary workers deployed. 3.2.4.1. Generation The total generation of solid waste in the city of Udhampur is estimated to be 25-30 tons per day (TPD). This large amount of solid waste generated is disposed off along the Dhar road outside the town due to the non availability of permanent land fill site in the city. It has been observed that there has been 100% collection of waste generated in the town but the No any land exists as permanent landfill site. Composition Solid waste comprises of waste generated from different sources. Major sources of generation are individuals, households, industries, trade and commerce, hotels and restaurants, healthcare institutions including dispensaries and hospitals, animals and floating populations in terms of tourists, hawkers, etc. Solid waste generated can be broadly classified into four categories 1. Organic Waste, which includes kitchen waste (food items), leaves, remains of animals slaughtered, etc., 2. Recyclable Waste, which includes paper, plastic, glass, metal,rags, packing materials, twigs, bark, etc., 3. Inert Waste including bricks, cement, building debris, furniture waste, etc. 4. Industrial Waste, which includes the byproducts. In addition, large amount of waste is also generated by number of hospitals, dispensaries and other health care
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institutions, which are operational in the city. The current addition is EWaste generated from electronic products In terms of type of waste generated, there is no segregation of waste at the point of generation. 3.2.4.2. Collection The daily collection of solid waste in the city is reported to be 100 percent. Different hierarchy of collection of solid waste is practiced in the city. At the household level, Door to Door collection of waste is practiced. Since household waste has high contents of organic waste, no system of segregation is used at the generation level. In the process, the quality of recyclable material gets distorted due to mixing of the dry and wet waste. No house to house collection of solid waste was done in the LIG areas and in slum areas of the city, such as Sukhi Karlai, Jakani. In such areas, the Solid Waste is dumped mostly in the available open lands, vacant plots and nearby low lying areas/water bodies. The areas where house to house collection system is not provided community bins are strategically provided by the council or their direct use by the surrounding inhabitants. The Council has deployed about 100 metallic bins each having a capacity of 100 kg, but they do not exist in the town now. However, numbers of bins provided by the council are inadequate to take care of the waste generated and accordingly, at many places open spaces and roadsides have emerged as the preferred dumping sites. Besides this there are seven major collection points has been marked by the council i.e. Meat market, Domail, Barian, Salathaia Chowk, near District Hospital and Sailan Talab as waste collection points or bins, which act as waste storage points from where they are transported for final disposal to the Landfill Site. 3.2.4.3. Transportation For the transportation of the solid waste from the collection centre to the disposal site, Udhampur M.C. has deployed number of vehicles including one Truck, two truck tippers of different size. These vehicles are used for primary collection of waste from the community bins and its transportation to landfill site. 1 JCB is also operational in the city for loading waste. The present collection infrastructure and manpower available with Municipal council is observed to be inadequate as per the requirement. Hence, effective implementation of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project for the city is required to be done. 3.2.4.4. Disposal Udhampur Municipal council practices open disposal of waste without undertaking any pre- treatment of the waste. Municipal council has not identified permanent landfill site. At present waste generated is dumped along the Dhar road at a distance of 20 km from the city which is giving a birth to Unhygienic condition to the living environment of local people.
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In addition, informal dumping of the waste has been witnessed in Nallahs, open spaces, vacant plots, along bye pass, etc. This informal dumping of garbage along byepass, nallah, etc. has lead to the creation of unhygienic environment in the areas of the city. Moreover, there is no formal system of solid waste management operating in the villages of LPA, which have been included within planning area. In addition to this, Fruit and Vegetable markets located along Dhar road also been found to generate considerable agricultural waste, which needs proper collection, transportation and management. In order to effectively manage the solid waste, it will be important to involve all the stakeholders and creating awareness among the masses to manage the waste and keep the city clean. The best approach will be to ask people to generate as little waste as possible and to segregate the waste at the household level itself. Critical points generating large volume of waste should be identified and a separate strategy for collection and disposal of waste should be formulated in consultation with the local community. There should be strategies to deal with generation of E-waste in the city. Key issues Despite the fact that Municipal Council is giving prime importance to Solid Waste Management, heaps of stinking waste can be seen all over the city. Not only households and individuals contribute to the present scenario, but manpower deployed has also been a major contributor in making the city unhygienic. The removal of garbage is carried out in arbitrary manner and cleaning of roads is done in most unprofessional manner. Solid waste management has emerged as the most challenging task for all local bodies. Key issues involved in solid waste Management in Udhampur Council area are 1. Absence of public participation and lack of public awareness. 2. Absence of scientific collection and disposal. 3. Absence of solid waste treatment plant in the city 4. Untrained and unqualified man power deployed in the process of solid waste management. 5. Absence of segregation of waste at the generation level. This is preventing the use of degradable waste as manure. 6. Inadequate and out dated collection and storage infrastructure in use by municipal council. 7. Absence of permanent dumping sites as well and absence of scientific system of landfill management. 8. Open dumping along roadsides, vacant plots, drains/nallahs, mandis, etc. 9. Lower level of collection of solid waste generated on daily basis.
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3.2.5. Electricity 3.2.5.1. Area and Population Coverage The whole of the city of Udhampur is covered by electric supply. The chennani hydel project is the main sources of power supply to the city. The gap for electric demand and supply in the city of Udhampur is of the order of 38 % approximately, as the total electricity demand for the city is 36842 KWH against which the supply of 59061 KWH is made. Looking at the consumption pattern, city has observed an increasing trend at the rate of 4.3% every year (From 44066 KW 2001 to 59062 KWH in 2010.) 3.2.5.2. Distribution Network The electric supply to the city of Udhampur is made through two 132 KV power stations located at Jakhani which are now part of local planning area of Udhampur city. Further, electric supply to different parts of the city is made through nine 66 KV sub stations, which are located in four divisions namely Devak, Dhar road, Jakhani and Dairy farm. There are about 21, 11 KV feeder station, which are strategically located to cover whole of the city. The table below gives details of electric sub stations along with their capacity. Table 3.4: Electric Supply in Udhampur Category No. of units Location 132KV 1 Jakhani 66KV 4 Devak, Dhar road, Jakhani and Diary farm 11 KV 21 Scattered In The City Source: Electric. M& RE Division Udhampur
Table 3.5: No of Connection of Electricity Category No of connection Percentage LT Residential 12262 78.55 LT Commercial 3030 19.41 LT ndustrial 127 0.81 LTAgricultural -- 0 LT Others 168 1.07 HTrailways ---- 0 HTIndustial 18 0.11 HT commercial 0 HT others 0 Total 15610 100 Source: Electric. M& RE Division Udhampur The table above gives details of number of electric connections in Udhampur Municipal council area, .out of which are majorly domestic (112262) followed by commercial (3030) and industrial (127)
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3.2.5.3. Street Light The provision of streetlight in the city of Udhampur falls within the purview of M.C. Udhampur. The provision in the city is made based on the budget expenditures on street lights in a particular year. 85% of the core city area is covered by street lights, while the remaining 15% area still requires wiring and new fittings. In case of the area outside the old city and civil lines, only 50% of the area of LPA is served by street lights. Apart from this, there are Abadi areas outside the Udhampur M. C. requires provision of streetlights. In case of villages in LPA, it has been observed that although all the villages have been electrified but the street light facility exists in few of the villages only. Key Issues 1. Demand supply gap of power is 39 percent. 2. 50% of outer part is Unserved with street light. 3. Percentage of connection and consumption is rapidly increasing. 4. Poor Maintenance of street lights. 5. Most of the rural settlements lack street lights. 6. Time duration for electricity supply is less, especially in rural areas of LPA. 7. Limited use of renewable sources of energy, like Solar Power, for power generation. 3.3. Social infrastructure: Social infrastructure refers to the facilities and the process involved, which ensures education, health facilities and community development in any town. The Social Infrastructure includes the education system, health care, social and cultural facilities, parks and open spaces, etc. The different components of social infrastructure will help to know how well a city or town is equipped with facilities. The provision of education, health, etc. defines the quality of life. As the city expands and population increases, the gap between demand and supply of these essential services increases, which deteriorates the quality of life in urban areas. 3.3.1. Education Educational facilities play an important role in the overall development of a city. These facilities enhance economic growth and employment. Udhampur and LPA in this context have been fortunate enough to have large number of educational institutes and L.P.A. Udhampur city have 58 numbers of educational institutes both at lower and higher level of education which not only cater to the needs of the city but also to the region. L.P.A Udhampur has a large number of institutions imparting education at school level. At present it has 11 primary schools, 6 middle schools, 9 high school, 7 higher secondary schools, 2 B.Ed colleges, 2 Degree college and 1 police training school. At LPA level Udhampur has 45 primary schools, 29 middle schools, 7 high school, 8 higher secondary schools, and 2 Degree college. The availability of educational institutions at
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As per the table given above shows that the there is a existing shortage of senior secondary as well as pre primary schools and remaining all education facilities are sufficient.
Spatial Distribution
The matter of concern is the distribution pattern of these educational facilties, which is uneven in the city. Moreover, these facilities are located on narrow roads/streets having mixed land use, which creates traffic bottlenecks at peak hours because of the on street parking of vehicles. This is because these educational facilities do not have sufficient land area to provide parking as well as other required facilities to the students. As per the primary survey of some schools and colleges in the city, it has been analyzed that some private schools are running in the residential complex located on internal city roads and do not have separate area for parking, playground, library etc.,
3.3.2. Health and Medical Facilities The Municipal Council Udhampur does not provide the health services. The same is being run by the J&K Department of health services. The data provided by the chief medical officer is giving a clear cut picture of the health and medical facilities as shown in the table below.
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Table 3.7: List of Health Facilities Center in Udhampur Town
S.no. Particular Existing Location Norms as Existing Shortage of health Nos. per requirement existing UDPFI as per institution guidelines population of in LPA Udhampur Town 1 Primary 2 Garhi, Krimchi 1 for 1 1 -- Health mansard (Govt. lakh Centre Building) population 2 Primary 13 Thanda Padar, 1 for 0.45 3 -- Health Sub Jakhani, Shiv to 1 lakh centre Nagar, Sangoor, population Cherry swail Kallar, Phangial, Kawa, Garnai, (Functioning in rented Accommodation) Raks Badali, Sansoo, Battal Ballian (Functioning in Govt. Accommodation) 3 Multi 1 Proper Udhampur 1 at -- -- Specialty/ Town in Govt. District District Accommodation level Hospital Source: Chief Medical officer Udhampur
The showing that the required no of Medical hospitals is more than the sufficient level due to the transitory and service nature of the town Udhampur.
Spatial distribution
On primary survey of the health institutions in the city, it has been found that private sector holds a larger share in creation of health infrastructure in the city. Although, govt. facilities do exist in the city as well but requires considerable up gradation for improving the desired
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3.3.3. Sports and Recreation
For Physical and Social development of individual recreational facilities are foremost important. Therefore, the provision of these facilities at local; sub city and city level in a balanced form is necessary. Recreational facilities exist in the shape of parks, open spaces, stadiums, museums, sport related activities, clubs, libraries, amusement parks etc. In order to cater to the essential needs of the individuals and communities these facilities need to be provided. Udhampur city has number of recreational facilities which are elaborated as: Parks and open spaces There are two city levels namely Dabar Park and Jakhani covers an area of 3.2 acres which are fulfilling the recreational needs and there is no hierarchy in the parks and open spaces in the town. One Devika Hill lock a wild park extending 1.25 kms in length and width of about 150 meters, which is being converted by isolated structures into built up area of circular road linking between Dhar Udhampur Road and National highway. Remaining whole of the city is lacking in parks and open spaces. Theatres At present there are two Cinema Theatres one is located near the bus stand and other on the NH-44 and there is no multiplex exists in the city. As per the norms are one cinema hall is required to cater 50,000 population and these are sufficient in number. Other Recreational Facilities In terms of other Recreational Facilities like Libraries, community hall and other socio- cultural facilities lacking in the city of Udhampur Sports Udhampur is far ahead in sports infrastructure. There are two stadium exist in the Udhampur one is located in the north east part of city and other near the Bus stand. 3.3.4. Other facilities Post and Telegraph
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Due to the rapid advancement in technology, communication by this time has changed its modes but post and telegraph still remains the most popular option of communication for vast majority of population. There are four post offices existing in the city. The hierarchy i.e.s one head post office and 4 sub post Office located at Dabbur, D.C office, Mohara moad, and Main Bazaar, and two sub post offices are located in the Channi and Gordi villages. Telephone Exchanges Large number of Private companies has emerged in the telecommunication sector due to privatization of this Sector. Consequently demand for providing telephone exchanges has grown up. To cater to the communication needs of population, L.P.A Udhampur has 1 Govt. Telephone exchange with a capacity of 1000 lines. The town has about 8000 telephone connections which also include STD/P.CO‟s. Many Private Communication cpmpanies like Reliance, Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Connect etc. are also having a major share in the telecommunication sector of L.P.A Udhampur. Police Facilities Maintaining law and order situation in the region is one of the primary functions of the Police Administration. To fulfill this purpose Udhampur has 1 District Police Head quarter and 1 Police station in the city and no Police Posts exists in the city which is showing that the police facilities is on the basis of centralized at one point leads to the congestion and need to decentralize it into LPA. In addition to these police facilities one police training school covering an area of 2000 kanals is also exixting. 3.3.5. Fire Prevention and Protection Fire accidents have become a common day phenomenon, so to prevent & protect from fire it is necessary to provide essential services in the city. Due to the advancement in technology and high rise construction, the industrial accidents, short-circuiting in commercial establishments are most vulnerable for fire incidents. It becomes the foremost obligation of the govt. to provide security from these accidents. Availability of Fire Stations There is a fire station having an area of one acre each in the city towards eastern side of Dabbar with parking yard of 1728 Sq feet. In case of emergency these serve not only the city but the entire district and at times out of the district also. So, the area served by these Fire Stations is very large and unmanageable thus much beyond the norms because as per the UDPFI norms 1 fire station or sub-fire station within 1 to 3 km to be provided for 2 lakh population. Existing infrastructure in Fire Stations As per the information supplied by the respective fire stations, there are two truck tankers. 1 jeep and I mini truck is available in the fire station. Major issue of the fire station is that it is located on the minor road and it cannot reach the destination within the specific time due to less maneuvering space.
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Key issues of Social infrastructures: The key issues of social infrastructures existing within the city and LPA which are as follows:
Education The Education facilities are not well distributed over the city area. Traffic congestion and parking problem is caused by educational institutions. Lack of adequate playgrounds, parking areas, etc. in the institutions located in the congested areas. Lack of higher-level facilities, such as colleges, in the LPA Udhampur creates pressure on the existing educational infrastructure of the city. Health; Facilities distribution pattern is such that city fringe areas lack in the medical infrastructure. Hospitals with in residential area along side residential uses create parking problems and land use violation. The problem is not mere of Public versus private, but this trend will lead to a gap widening between rich and poor. So facilities must have adequate government share so that population from all segments of society can have easy access as Govt. is having 1% share in comparison to private health facilities. The main hospital is disturbing with through traffic. In rural areas, medical facilities are inadequate. Civic amenities Lack of adequate civic amenities in the city. Existing vehicles in fire station are not able to serve the population in case of any disaster. No such vehicles exist to enter narrow streets of old areas of city in case of huge fire in high rise buildings. Irrational distribution of fire stations in the city Rural area is also dependent upon city infrastructure in terms of fire stations and recreation need decentralization. Recreation areas are sufficient but the uneven distribution throughout the city. Location of fire station on narrow and Bus stand road.
3.4. Housing
The Census of India defines a 'Census House' as a building or a part of a building having a separate main entrance from the road, common courtyard or staircase etc., used or recognized as a separate unit. Hence, the 'Census House' has been taken as a unit for the study of housing component in Master Plan Udhampur which not only includes residential component but also
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3.4.1. Housing Pattern and Stock
The pattern of use of census houses in Udhampur, in the year 2001 reveals that the total is of 8127 houses in Udhampur MC Area are used for residential purposes. The use of residential premises for other purposes is also widespread. Every 5th house in the city is being used as shop/office whereas every 18th house in the city is used for school, college, hotel, lodge, guest house, hospital, dispensary, factory, workshop, work shed, place of worship and other non - residential uses. Every 35th house of the city is used for both residential and other purposes. It reveals that occupation density of census houses is very high. As per census 2001 Within the MC limit of Udhampur the total number of occupied residential houses are 8127 but the total number of households are 9902 which is showing that the existing Housing shortage is found to be (9902-8127)= 1775. So there is a demand of additional 1775 houses in the Municipal area.
3.4.1.1. Growth of Housing in Udhampur
Housing is an activity, which is mainly driven by individuals to provide them with an appropriate shelter. With the rapid increase in population, number of houses has also recorded an increase. Housing department Jammu and Kashmir has framed many residential schemes in case of major cities of Jammu but in case of Udhampur not much work in this sector is done. The other Govt, agency like Municipal Council has not done any job towards
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Key Issues
1. 95% of the city area still remains unplanned 2. No implementation of existing byelaws of Municipal Council Udhampur 3. The central area of the city is overcrowded. The limits crowded areas must be defined wherein no more population be allowed at all and construction be banned further. 4. Lack of Planned housing in the city.
3.4.2. Urban Poor and Slums
Urban poverty has emerged as one of the major challenges faced by Policy Planners and Urban Planners in promoting the Rational Development of Urban areas. Poverty refers to not only deprivation of vital goods but also includes services determining the quality of life. In fact, poverty amid plenty is the world‟s greatest challenge.
Slum Location and Distribution
At present, 3 major slums named as Jakhani slum pocket, Sukhi Karlai slum pocket and Sangoor slum exist in the city, Recently under the scheme of Rajiv Awas Yojna, there are small additional 18 slums which have been identified with a group of 15- 20 family each. the identified Urban Slum pockets in Udhampur Local Area, viz-a-viz their population; No of Houses and No. of House Holds are given in Table 3.8
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Table 3.8 Urban slums pockets in Udhampur
Person s `Semi Sr. No. Of house Slum Katcha Slum name per % pucca % No hold population houses househ Houses old Bharat 1 45 232 5 35 78 10 22 Nager Christian 2 43 207 5 33 77 10 23 colony 3 Garian talab 73 361 5 40 55 33 45 4 Iddgah 75 342 5 57 76 18 24 Lower 5 88 394 4 62 70 26 30 omera Omara 6 179 855 5 136 76 43 24 jakheni 7 Sail salon 104 472 5 83 80 21 20 8 Sangoor 60 257 4 44 73 16 27 Upper sial 9 34 159 5 31 91 3 9 salon Upper 10 38 185 5 15 39 23 61 sangoor 10 11 Barrian 17 82 5 0 0 17 0 12 Dandyal 62 268 4 35 56 27 44 Gangera 13 102 424 4 81 79 21 21 dalah 14 Kaller 22 91 4 14 64 8 36 Kharene 15 32 119 4 23 72 9 28 omera 16 Nagrota 82 367 4 41 50 41 50 17 Rount 33 132 4 29 88 4 12 18 Sajalta 16 69 4 14 88 2 12 19 Sambal 56 258 5 37 66 19 34 Subash 20 39 195 5 25 64 14 36 nagar Thanda 21 70 301 4 58 83 2 17 badder 1270 5770
Source: Municipal Council Udhampur
Housing in Slums
Based on the visual survey of slums in Udhampur, it has been observed that housing condition in these areas is poor. They are characterized as one-room tenements housing of 4- 5 people on an average and are made up of semi permanent materials because of the cost factor as they do not have fixed income and mainly work on daily wages.
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As per the information from Municipal Council, Udhampur, out of 21 slums, 11 in the city exists on the central Government land, and 8 on the land belongs to local bodies and 2 are on the private owners, The land has been either encroached or has been purchased from land owner. But only one slum that Jakhani slum has been developed by government housing has provided in 1963 with set of 1 room per family. After that no infrastructure has been provided.
Availability of Urban Basic Services to Poor
Basic services and amenities available in the slums in Udhampur are given below. It has been found that 100 % of the slum population has access to safe drinking water. The source of the water in slums it is showing that the out of 1270, 870 are dependent on the public taps and 296 depend on the rivers/canals/lakes/streams. Only few have own source of eater facility.
Source of water in slums
890 1000 800 600 296 400 200 60 6 5 9 4 0
Figure 3.2 source of water in slums In case of household latrine facility of slums there is negliligible latrine facility available in slums out of 1270 households, 1247 depends on the open defecations.
Household Latrine Facilities in Slums
1247 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 10 4 1 8 0
Figure 3.2 Household latrine facilities in slums
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Similarly , in case the economic status of the slums workers is very low only two percent of workers are self employed, and seven percent are salaried base and 77 percent of the workers are categorized in slum casual labour.
Economic status of slums
28, 2% 93, 7% 116 SELF EMPLOYED , 9% 70, 5% SALARIED REGULAR WAGE CASUAL LABOUR 1024, 77% OTHERS
Figure 3.4 Economic status in slums
Key Issues for Urban Poor
Rapid growth of slums these are 3 in 1995, 7 in 2004 and 21 pockets in 2011 No check on the proliferation of slums. Poor and dilapidated housing in slums. Concentration of slums along byepass and in the centre of city. Lack of basic infrastructure and services in terms of water supply, sewerage, drainage, electricity etc. Absence of open spaces in slum areas. Un-hygienic condition due to dumping of garbage and accumulation of waste water and open drainage. Poor accessibility to basic services like Health, Education etc. leading to lower rate of literacy and high degree of health hazards. Poor quality of life emerging from absence of basic necessities of life. 95 pockets lack access to community latrines. Lack of expertise with Municipal Council to evolve strategies for slum area development Lack awareness among the slum population resulting economy of Jakhani slum is depended on begging only. The women of slum pockets are never being guided to work in the work centers.
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Chapter 4: Traffic and Transportation
Transport is the backbone of economy and social structure of any region. If urban centers have been recognized as engines of Economic growth, Traffic and Transportation has rightly been termed as wheels of such engines. Road and Rail network plays a vital role in the urban planning and traffic & transportation has been considered as a function of land use planning. Transport network is considered as the life line of the city and if any bottleneck or obstruction comes in between it poses a severe threat to day to day life of the city people. The good road and rail network is the symbol of the sound development of any city and the study of transportation helps in understanding the existing situation, potentials, weaknesses etc. and helps to draft out strategies and projects for the future development. Road and Rail sector occupy the significant roles in the transport sector in Udhampur and surrounding areas. The road network has been studied in terms of classification of roads, length of roads, cross section of roads (divided and undivided carriageways), area under major existing roads and major road intersections. Available data regarding rail network has also been studied.
4.1. Road Network at L.P.A. Level:
The L.P.A Udhampur is well served by roads connecting it to various cities of other districts and within district. One National Highway i.e. (N.H.-44) from Jammu to Srinagar passes through it. This Highway has Right of Way varying from 38m to 59 m and this Stretch of highway has been handed over to NHAI for four laning. There is another Road which is known as Dhar – Udhampur road connecting Udhampur to the Dhar town having a right of way 25 m within the city boundary. There is one major road also Exiting, which is known as Udhampur Bypass which is taken off from 54.569 milestone of NH-44 and meet again at 67.00 milestone having a length of 18.75 km which has been also handed over to NHAI for Four laining. So the road network of Udhampur LPA & MC is primarily “Semi Ring Radial” with an intense network of three roads leading to core city. The existing road network in L.P.A Udhampur shows that it is well served by the regional roads which provide a high level of connectivity with other parts of the state and covers a total 36.34 percentages of road length.
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Table 4.1- Length & width of Major Roads in Udhampur with in LPA LIMIT Length Right Percentage Name of Carriage Sr.no Hierarchy of road of way of road Remarks road way (M) (KMs) (M) lenghts Handed Jammu – over to 1 R1 Srinagar 12.43 38-59 7 12.49 NHAI for NH-44 Four laining Handed over to Udhampur Not 2 R1 18.75 7 18.85 NHAI for Bye Pass given Four laining Udhampur 3 R1 3 25 7 3.02 Dhar road Source: Civil department Udhampur
4.2. Local Roads
The local roads are important in the internal flow of traffic as these interconnect the major/prominent areas of work, business and residential to each other. These important local roads are listed below- Table 4.2 Detail of local roads with in the Udhampur MC Limit Length in % of Name of village connected with Carriageway S.no. km road road (Mtrs) length 1.2 1 Village Udhampur 3 1.21 3 a Rakh Badali road with links 5 3.02 2 b Forest link road 5 2.01 3.1 c Devika Circular road 3 3.12 2 2 Sangoor 5.5 2.01 3 Thnada Padde 3 2
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2.01 2 4 Sial Sallan (Billan Bowli) 3.5 2.01 2 5 Karlaie (Dudda Dhari road) 3 2.01 1 6 Kallar Himti 3 1.01 1 7 Nagrota 3 1.01 1.5 8 Dandyal 3.5 1.51 1 9 Karlaie sukhi 3.2 1.01 3 10 Barrian (Subhash Stadium) 3 3.02 1 11 Shiv nagar 3 1.01 6 12 Rount 3 6.03 2 13 Thali 3 2.01 2 14 Swail 3 2.01 3 15 Charri 3 3.02 3 16 Omala(Udhampur Jakhani onwards) 3 3.02 2.2 17 Omara 3 2.21 1.8 18 Sangera 3.2 1.81 3 19 Shajalta 3 3.02 2 20 Jakhani 2.01 2 a Bharat Nagar 3 2.01 2.5 b Circular road 3 2.51
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4 c Railway road 8 4.02 3 21 Dallah 3 3.02 3 22 Sambal 3.5 3.02 Source: PWD,Udhampur The above mentioned major city roads carry the traffic from one segment to other i.e. they are the sector roads which have irregular alignments with varying widths (i.e. between 3m and 8m) and frequent intersections leading to serious capacity constraints Udhampur suffers from outdated circulation pattern, which was initially designed to suit the pedestrian and animal traffic. The circulation network of Udhampur has developed according to the restraints of hill topography and morphology of the city. Steep terrain has restricted the scope of road widening. On road parking is further aggravating the problem. The hill topography discourages the use of slow moving vehicles. All the local roads covers remaining 65.64 percentage of road length and inside the core city it is found to be only 6.51 % of total road length which is showing that at local level there is inadequacy in road infrastructure
4.3. Growth of vehicles
The table below shows the vehicular growth in Udhampur city from the period 2002-03 to 2010-11. The number of vehicles has increased on an average growth rate of 7.7 % per annum. The passenger vehicles have greater share in the total number of registered vehicles and are observed to have increased every year although by marginal rate from 14.85% in 2002-03 to 34.04% in the year 2009-2010. Refer Table: 4.3 Table 4.3: Growth of vehicles YEAR S. Type OF 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- NO. Vehicle 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 1 Buses 3 8 3 2 9 5 17 10 17 2 Mini Buses 48 36 21 40 40 75 38 19 86 3 Car/Station 205 276 392 336 317 417 494 519 753 Wages 4 Taxies/Tata 82 165 233 164 79 192 272 165 233 Sumo 5 Jeeps 11 5 27 2 4 39 9 6 16 6 3 Wheelers 28 53 88 135 139 174 138 103 273 7 2 Wheelers 912 961 1026 1204 751 680 996 1106 1545
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8 Trucks 72 42 90 58 104 74 192 139 85 9 Tractors 9 22 25 56 42 50 23 18 38 10 Trailors 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 8 11 Ambulances 6 3 4 2 1 7 3 11 22 12 Others 45 79 7 0 1 39 8 0 74 13 Total 1421 1650 1916 1999 1488 1758 2192 2097 3150 Sources: ARTO, Udhampur
Growth of vehicles
3500 3150 3000 2500 2192 2097 1916 1999 2000 1650 1758 1421 1488 1500 vehicles 1000 500 0
Figure 4.1 Growth of vehicles
The personalized modes of vehicle such as two wheelers and cars together hold approximately70-80 percent of the total passenger vehicles with an average annual growth rate of 6.6%. , No matching increase in traffic infrastructure The growth rate of public transport vehicles is lower as compared to private vehicles. So there is a need of cheap and convenient Public Transport System in the city.
4.4. Road Accidents
Udhampur city is facing the problem of traffic so much that the ill effect of this is relevant from the figures of Accidents. The unprecedented growth of vehicles coupled with the large number of accidents may be seen in following Table 4.4 Table 4.4: Accident record S.No. Years Accidents on Highways Accidents on Major Roads Serious Normal No. of No. of Serious Normal No. of No. of accidents accidents dead Injured accidents accidents dead Injured person person person person 1 1991 18 125 18 127 2 18 2 21 2 1992 10 120 11 121 0 20 0 33
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3 1993 17 139 18 145 6 23 27 86 4 1994 13 158 17 161 3 32 3 45 5 1995 12 167 14 232 5 36 5 49 6 1996 14 114 14 163 8 65 8 103 7 1997 14 149 14 206 12 57 12 95 8 1998 21 189 21 237 7 59 22 134 9 1999 28 207 28 232 5 39 6 61 10 2000 20 180 21 256 7 43 7 81 11 2001 20 186 25 250 6 54 9 103 12 2002 18 199 24 291 11 91 14 163 13 2003 27 239 31 258 5 78 14 188 14 2004 24 249 35 267 12 108 15 204 15 2005 20 236 29 303 11 166 52 151 16 2006 15 225 29 330 9 94 10 144 17 2007 46 236 48 399 9 67 13 132 18 2008 23 261 42 368 15 60 23 155 19 2009 33 301 64 392 9 87 16 134 20 2010 39 327 68 509 17 82 23 154 Source: SSP Udhampur
Observing the accident statistics for Udhampur city from the year 1991, it has been concluded that the total number of registered accident cases have increased from 2004 onwards and is highest in the year 2010, is of the order of (39+327) =366. This figure is highest among the last ten years, which implies that Udhampur city is facing traffic problems acutely, which has resulted into large number of accidents in the city. On an average 10% of the total cases registered are fatal in nature. The cause of accidents (other than negligence of driver) is the blind curves, lack of signals/traffic lights/ road markings, encroachment reducing effective road width, poor road condition or poor road geometry, which require improvements.
4.5. Road network improvement studies
Due to the composition and character of various types of modes when they mix together on a road Conflicts arises thus affecting the flow on road.
1. Congestion index is the function of number of modes using the road. 2. Lesser the moad less will be the congestion index
Congestion index N (where N is number of nodes in the flow). – (A)
Varying speed
Speed is a function which is the important for the movement of the vehicles. The speeds of various types of vehicles are differing from each other. It is very slow in case of slow moving
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Table:4.5 Modes with a fast speed range
Mode Speed range (km p h) Cars 30-60 Buses and trucks 30-60 Scooters 30-60 Cargoods/ LGV 30-60 Motorcycles/rickshaws 20-40 Source: field study
Table 4.6: Modes with the slow speed range
Modes Speed range (km ph Cycles 6-15 (m p h) Animal carts 8-10 Hand carts 8-10 Source: field study
There for we can say:
1. Congestion is the function of various speed ranges. 2. Various speeds of different modes in a flow will result in conflicting movements. 3. Greater variations in the speed of different modes the more will be the congestion in the flow of traffic.
Congestion index S - B
Operating speed of modes x by number of vehicles in a particular modes.
Space requirement for different modes
The total road area required for transportation purposes will depend upon the mode of conveyance people use. The area of each mode varies due to different height length and width characteristics.
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Under the classifications the area required the different modes can again be classified into
1. Light vehicles 2. Heavy vehicles
Table:4.7 Area occupied by Light vehicles
Mode Area occupied (sq. ft.) Cycle 10 Scooter , moter cycle 16 Hand cart 35 Auto riksha 36 Car 70.2
Table: 4.8 Area occupied by Heavy vehicles
Mode Area occupied (sq. ft.) Tampos , mata doors 80 Animal cart 94.4 Truck 179 Bus 187
The above mentioned area is the space required by different vehicles when they are stationary but since the vehicles are in motion, the space required by vehicles will be different at different speeds due to the head ways in the stream. At low speeds vehicles can follow each other closely whereas at higher speed the head ways have to be longer between vehicles.
Table 4.9 Stopping distances as per speed
Speed (m p h) Stopping distance in (ft.) 5 10 10 15 15 225 20 500 25 1000 30 1500
Hence congestion we can say is a function of the space required by the various modes and can be expressed. Congestion index A
Hence, CI = $ N x $ S x $ A
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Congestion index for important roads:
Following are the congestion index for selected roads
Table: 4.9 Congestion Index of Important roads
Total Carriage Name of road R/W (m) volume CI Remarks way (m) PCU’s Congestion on road is due to Jammu-srinagar 40 7 1695 54.65 the less carriage way width so, four laining is required. Congestion on road is due to Udhampur byepass 75 7 2379 54.60 the less carriage way width so, four laining is required Congestion on road is due to Dhar road 25 7 1121 48.52 the less carriage way width so, four laining is required Congestion on road is due to the less carriage way width but scope of widening is not Court road 5 4 483 35.73 these because of existing built up area along both side. Hence traffic management is required. Congestion on road is due to the less carriage way width but scope of widening is not these because of existing built Battal ballian road 3.5 3.5 1419 40.14 up area along both side. Hence traffic management is required. But outside the MC area for laining can be done. Congestion on road is due to the less carriage way width but scope of widening is not Hospital road 4 4 762 34.56 these because of existing built up area along both side. Hence traffic management is required Congestion on road is due to the less carriage way width but scope of widening is not Saila talab road 3.5 3.5 2067 66.83 these because of existing built up area along both side. Hence traffic management is required Source: Field study and computed values
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4.6. Parking Facilities
Insufficient availability of parking spaces is a major problem, being faced by the residents of Udhampur as well as tourists who come to Udhampur with their own vehicles. As number of vehicles has increased manifold, there has not been corresponding rise in number of public parking lots. Survey of the vehicle has also been conducted. It has been observed that parking facilities need to be based on: I. Light vehicular parking at C.B.D. Dabbar II. Short time parking for Buses bound for valley halting near old jail road and short of traffic check post for refreshment purposes. III. Parking of long queue of vehicles of all types along the roads due to road blockades. IV. Parking of vehicles around the Petrol pumps near the auto workshops due to break- down
At present, there is no organized parking space for Vehicles in Planning Area. The parking on the various roads is on the NH-44 and Dhar road.
Parking study has been carried out at the following location. The calculation has been done on the basis PCU‟s per hour. All these locations having a unorganized onstreet parking as detailed below.
ON STREET PARKING IN PCU'S AT GOL MARKET 327 337 350 257 266 300 233 230 239 250 211 196 213 200 151 162 150 107 100 50 0
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ON STREET PARKING IN PCU'S AT MH CHOWNK/PHE
84 90 78 71 72 80 66 66 70 54 52 54 60 43 43 45 50 42 40 30 20 10 0
ON STREET PARKING IN PCU'S AT SALATHIA CHOWNK
200 159 148 148 147 153 101 119 97 150 72 74 100 31 52 30 50 0
ON STREET PARKING IN PCU'S AT SAILA TALAB
84 90 78 71 72 80 66 66 70 54 52 54 60 43 43 45 50 42 40 30 20 10 0
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ON STREET PARKING IN PCU'S AT TOWN HALL
93 93 92 89 100 80 80 84 85 72 80 70 53 60 40 24 30 20 0
Figure 4.2 – on street parking in PCU’s at various location
The figures given above shows that the parking peak time is different at different location due to the different activities Which has been described in the table below:
Table:4.10: Parking details at various location
Location Parking peak time Maximum PCU’S Type of shortage of parking
Gol market 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM 337 Parking in commercial area
Town hall 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM 93 Parking due to the lack of terminal facilities for light passenger vehicles and commercial areas
MH chownk 10:00- AM- 11:00 84 Parking due to the lack PM of terminal facilities for light passenger vehicles
Salathia chownk 11:00AM -12:00 PM 159 Parking due to the lack of terminal facilities for light passenger vehicles and no parking facility in dc office.
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SAILA TALAB 10:00 AM – 11:00 84 Parking due to the lack AM of terminal facilities for light passenger vehicles and commercial areas
On road, parking is playing havoc with the traffic. Parking lots have to be provided at strategic locations and all the roads to be made free from road side parking which is occupying 30 to 40% effective road width. Unauthorized parking is required to be heavily charged. Hence, there is a need of organized parking lots in the city of Udhampur.
4.7. Traffic flow diagram (in PCU’s) for important intersections:
The turning movments study has been carried out at major six intersections as shown on the map namely
1. Rehambal 2. Jakhani chownk 3. Sailatalab 4. Petrol pump chownk 5. MH- chownk 6. Salathia chownk
The conflicting movements of these junctions can be understood from the flow diagrams of each intersection which has been shown. It is suggested for a smooth flow of traffic it is important to evolve the improvement schemes with in the physical parameters that they could have serve the needs of traffic.
4.8. Terminal Facilities 4.8.1. Inter-State Bus Terminus
The existing Bus terminal is located on the NH-44. The area of this bus terminal is 15 kanals which is quite inadequate and the same is located in the congested Central Area. It has a capacity to accommodate about 50 buses per day but the existing Buses departing from Udhampur Bus stand are 230 per day. So this bus terminal has become over-crowded and traffic often becomes standstill during peak hours. This bus terminal is no more sufficient to cater for the increasing requirements of Udhampur planning area, regional population and tourists.
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There is no scope for widening the Existing Bus stand due to the non availability of Land so there is a need to shift the location (along with Requisite parking) of the Bus stand to cater the existing and Future requirement of Udhampur planning area.
4.8.2. Mini Bus Stand –
There is no organized existing bus terminal for mini buses. But there are three spaces at various locations which are used for the arrival and departure of mini buses and are providing the Bus service to the surrounding Villages and towns of Udhampur. So, Mini Bus stands must be provided in Udhampur for smooth traffic circulation and Bus Parking. an organized to operate mini buses from town.
4.8.3. Bus Routes and Intercity Bus Services:
The table pertaining to daily bus traffic of Udhampur reveals that 230 buses daily operate from Udhampur city. It also includes buses owned by Private Transporters and 299 mini & local buses are also operated from Udhampur mini bus stands and facilitates the traffic movement within the city and the adjoining villages and small towns. As per data provided by General Manager, Udhampur Bus Stand nearly 20000 Passengers‟ daily use buses as a mode of transport. The detail of the No. of buses connecting Udhampur Main Bus stand as well as Mini Bus stands to other cities, towns and Villages is given below:
Table 4.11s: Details of Bus routes
Sr.no Location Name of route No of buses 1 Bhadirwah- kishtwar 35 Banihal- Ramban 25 Lati- Basangarh 10 Lander-Dhobighat 15 Katra 50 From main Bus Jammu Tawi 50 stand Ramnagar 25 Below Kathua 20 Gordi 10 Local 10 SubTotal 250 2 From Saila talab Ramban, Flatta, 80 Mini Bus stand Bhadywali 3 From salathi chownk Rathian, kawa, Baglai 92 Mini Bus stand 4 From town hall Trinchai, kharki, 127 Mimi bus stand Badali, Tikri Grand Total 549 Source: General Manager: Bus stand, Udhampur
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4.8.4. Intra City Transport Service:
Public transport system is not very much developed in Udhampur city. Increased number of private vehicles like cars, Motor cycles, scooters, light- weight scooters etc. has reduced intra city distances. In city mainly Auto rickshaws are used and there is no cycle rickshaw due to the Hill topography. Local bus service has some Mini buses and connects city to some localities as well as villages located on the periphery of Municipal Limits of Udhampur and Other educational colleges of nearby towns, as well as school buses also contributes towards the bus traffic of Udhampur city.
4.8.5. Truck terminal
Udhampur city is lacking in authorized Truck terminal. So, the demand of truck terminal has been arrised in the Udhampur due to the expansion of railway wilk and development of industrial area of 1000 Kanals outside the city.
4.8.6. Rail Based Transport
Besides road traffic, rail transport also plays a vital role in the traffic and transportation network of the city. A total number of 5 passenger trains passes through the railway line of Udhampur having routes
Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur Special Delhi-Udhampur Jammu Mail Ahmedabad-Udhampur Janma bhoomi Express Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur Ac Express Indore-Udhampur Malwa Express
It is expected that the Udhampur and Katra rail link shall get established very shortly. The frequency of other trains will increase and improve the transportation of commercial, defence, and industrial good and also carry large number of passengers visiting Katra and adjoining pilgrimage centres. In addition to the passenger trains, goods trains also pass through Udhampur. The volume of goods train on Udhampur is less but it is running to provide a raw material like coal to the cement factories established in Udhampur area. And Ramnagar railway station falling in the Revenue village Raun which is falling in the urbanisable limit of Udhampur and that area can be used for the integrated friegt complex to boost the economy of Udhampur.
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4.9. Major Traffic Problems
The major traffic problems in the historic city of Udhampur are as follows:-
Through Traffic:-
The major traffic problem of Udhampur is passing of the regional traffic through the city which adds to the volume of the city traffic and creates congestion, as it has a semi radial pattern of roads and the major regional roads namely Jammu – Srinagar, Dhar-Udhampur converges in the central part of the city. An existing bye- pass i.e. 18.5 km long is giving relief to the city from through traffic but upto some extent only.
Parking Problems
The parking problem in Udhampur city can be divided into the following categories: In old city Due to the presence of old structure, mixed land use, presence of wholesale and specialized markets namely Meat market, Gol market, Main bazaar etc. Wholesale fruit and vegetable market, godowns, etc. creates severe traffic problems because of negligible parking space. It gets worse by the presence of hand carts, horse carts, three wheeler carrier, Tempo, Rickshaw, rehri etc. which causes traffic bottlenecks in the city Along Commercial Streets Mushrooming of informal commercial on road front without the provision of adequate parking is another major traffic problem in certain pockets of Udhampur city. In Residential Colonies Roadside parking has reduced the road width which hampers the free flow of traffic and cause traffic problems. Private Nursing homes and private tuition schools opened in residential houses without any provision of parking lots hampers free flow of traffic especially in areas like Adarsh colony, Christian colony etc. In Institutional Areas Most of the private schools have inadequate parking facilities that leads to traffic congestion, especially during peak hours mainly in front of government schools located in the Dhabbar area. Also location of office in the centre like DC Office, Police Station leads to the inadequate Parking space. Near Transport Terminals No organized parking and space for auto rickshaws near bus stand because of which autos, Taxis, etc. are parked along the main road leading to bus stand, thereby reducing the effective road width to a considerable extent and causes congestion in front of Bus Stand.
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Reduction of road width
Encroachment along both sides of the roads by the shopkeepers reduces the effective road width and restricts the free flow of traffic in central business district and at Roadside parking of cars, Auto rickshaws especially near bus stand and railway station reduces the road width.
Key issues
Increased Number of registered vehicles in Udhampur, which have directly impacted increasing road jams and accident cases. Most of these are private rather than being public ones. The entry of private vehicles and four wheelers inside the Dhabbar market is creating lot of congestion on the roads. No parking provisions have been given outside the Dhabbar market road running around the Gol market to prevent the entry of this kind of traffic. Parking is a major problem in Udhampur city. On road parking is common, leading to jams and delays. The width of most of the roads may not be sufficient for the traffic for nest 20-30 years, keeping in view the existing trend of encroachment. Existing bus stand is not sufficient and there is no scope of expansion. Poor geometry of road junction needs engineering improvements. Ribbon Development along roads reducing the road width of major highways. The congestion index on various roads is high requiring four laining and traffic management. ·
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Chapter 5 : Projection and Potential Demand Analysis
After having a depth study and analysis of Udhampur Local Planning Area, the next step is to project the future population upto the year 2031. This becomes important as projected population is the prime factor for the judgement of Development Plan, since it defines quantum of the existing extent of the development and future requirement by the projected population. It also lays the basis for working out the future landuse and infrastructure requirements for the Local Planning Area. For this purpose, the past trend of growth of population in Udhampur city, as well as rural settlements falling in LPA has been considered.
5.1. Population projection
The prime objective of any Master Plan is to assess the present situation and project the future population for plan period, and accordingly calculate the requirements of both physical and social infrastructure in order to cater to the needs of such population. To arrive at a conclusive projection figure, three methods of population projections have been used for the city as well as the whole LPA. The methods used for projecting population are:
1. Arithmetic Progression Method. 2. Geometric Progression Method. 3. Incremental Increase Method.
Table 5.1: Population Projection of Udhampur City
Method 2001 2011 2021 2031 Arithmetic Progression method 56897 68653 80409 92165 Geometric Progression method 56897 73568 95123 122994 Incremental Increase method 56897 71121 88901 111126 Average 56897 71114 88144 108762 Source: Computed values
After calculating the projection figures from three methods for Udhampur city, it was found that there is much variation in the projections. So, in order to eliminate this variation in the population, the average of all figures is considered. Further, for evolving short term and long term strategies, population projections for intermediate stages including 2011 and 2021, besides 2031, have been calculated. Same procedure has been applied for all the villages of Udhampur LPA,
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Further, it is assumed that the villages will grow at their own rate upto some extent in their respective surroundings. Here also, the average of the projected population of the villages falling in Udhampur LPA has been taken. Further, the total projected population of Udhampur LPA is shown in the table below:
Table 5.2: Projected Population for Udhampur LPA
Name 2001 2011 2021 2031 Udhampur city 56897 71114 88144 108762 Urban Villages 24376 26326 28432 30707 Rural Villages 41278 43342 45509 47784 Total 122551 140782 162085 187253 Source: Computed Values: The population for the year 2011 has been projected from the census data of 2001 census
Thus, the future planning for preparation of Udhampur Master Plan is taken by assuming Municipal Council; Udhampur shall rise to population of about 122551 and total LPA (Including MCU, and villages) to about 187000. (Refer Table 5.2):
The infrastructure demand is taken out for each aspect on the basis of the population projected above and the standards given in UDPFI and others.
5.2. Workforce Projections
The workforce projections for five industrial workers classification has been made for Udhampur M.C. based on the category wise employment data available for it from the census 2001. To estimate category wise employment for the year 2031, it has been assumed that the employment pattern of Udhampur city will be same as observed in 2001. The category wise employment data for 2001 and employment forecast for Udhampur M.C up to the year 2031 is given in the table below:
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Table 5.3; Main Workers and Projected Workforce Category Wise of Udhampur M.C 2001 Assumed Type of workers 2011 2021 2031 workers % Cultivators 4641 10 5631 6483 7490
Agriculture workers 81 2 1126 1297 1498
Households Industrial workers 180 5 2816 3242 3745
Secondary and Tertiary 39786 83 46740 53812 62168 Total 44688 100 56313 64834 74901 Source: Computed Values
5.3. Land Requirement
The land requirement for the projected population is estimated, considering the density of 75 persons per hectare. As per the UDPFI guideline the town falls in the category of medium town. The following table depicts the detail of land requirement.
Table 5.4: Land Requirement
S.no. Description Figures 1 Estimated population Base Population, 2011 project 122551 from 2001 census 2 Estimated Projected Population by 2031 urban 187000 3 Proposed developed area density as per UDPFI for Big 70 towns in hill area (persons per hectare) 4 Total land required (hectares) 2671 5 Already developed land under MC (Hectares) 668.00 4 Additional land required (Hectares) 2003.00 Source: Computed Values:
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5.4. Infrastructure demand
Infrastructure is the basic requirement of urban life and its adequacy and accessibility are two important ingredients and key contributors in the up gradation and enrichment of quality urban life. Infrastructure is divided into two parts viz. Physical Infrastructure & Social Infrastructure. Infrastructure has been worked out for 187000 persons of L.P.A. urban by 2031.
5.4.1. Physical Infrastructure:-
Physical Infrastructure includes water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste disposal, electricity, transportation:
5.4.1.1. Water supply and Sewerage
Table No 5.5: Requirement for Water Supply and Sewerage for Udhampur for 2031
Water supply Sewerage Total Requirement amount of Serial Year Population As per LPCD As per sewage no. Standards Standards generated
LPCD 80 percent of water 1 2011 140782 150 21117300 requirement 16893840 80 percent of water 2 2021 162085 150 24312750 requirement 19450200 80 percent of water 3 2031 187253 150 28087950 requirement 22470360 Source: Computed Values
5.4.1.2. Solid Waste
The production of solid waste is considered as an important function of the socioeconomic profile of the population and activities in urban area. According to UDPFI Guidelines, the generating of waste varies from about over a quarter kilogram in small town to about half a
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5.4.1.3. Power
According to UDPFI Guidelines and based on the estimated requirements of power supply as per the Master Plan of Delhi, the average consumption works out to 2 KV per household at the city level and includes domestic, commercial, industrial and other requirements. One electric substation of 11 KV switching station for a population of 15,000 is recommended. For Udhampur city, future requirement for power are estimated in the given table
Table No 5.6 Future Requirement of Power for L.P.A
Year Households Power requirement in Mega watt 2011 35196 70 2021 40521 81 2031 46813 94
Source: computed values
The above table shows that for the projected population of 187000, 94 MW of power is required in 2031 i.e. for 46813 projected household as per the norms of UDPFI guidelines, 3 electric sub-station of 66 KV capacity are required for the projected population of 2031 but in the LPA 4 are already exists so there is no requirement of electric substations.
5.4.2. Social Infrastructure and Public Services
Social infrastructure includes facilities of education, health, police, fire protection, recreation etc.
5.4.2.1. Education
The Education sector caters to the young age group of the population and the projections made are based on the norms and standards given in UDPFI guidelines, just like the norms of different aspects of physical infrastructure. For social infrastructure, requirements of Udhampur and villages together have been calculated, For the Education infrastructure requirements (Refer Table 5.5)
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Table No. 5.7: Requirement of Educational Facilities
Total Additionally Additionally Additionally Type of Required 2011 2021 2031 Existing Required Required Required Facility Area for for 2011 for 2021 for 2031 IN (HA)
PRE PRIMARY TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
Pre Primary School (1 For 2500 Pop.) 56 65 75 20 36 45 55 4.4 Primary School 28 33 38 107
Senior Secondary School 19 22 25 8 11 14 17 27.2
SENIOR EDUCATION
Degree 1 1 1 2 - - - - College
Professional Education 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 120 College
Technical 0 0 0 1 - - - - Education Total 152 Source: computed values In case of pre primary Schools, the demand for 2031 comes out as 75 against the existing 20, reflecting an additional requirement of 55 nursery schools. In the case of Primary Schools, the additional requirement is nil and for Senior Secondary Schools, it is 17, Coming to the higher level of education, UDPFI sets a standard of one college per 1, 25,000 populations. The city already has 2 colleges, so by 2031 there will be no need of any degree colleges. There will be no need of Technical Education Centers, as the existing 1 polytechnic is more than enough even for 2031 population of the city. In the case with Engineering Colleges, There will be requirement of 2 engineering colleges by 2031.
5.4.2.2. Health Care
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Table 5.8 - Requirement of Medical Facilities
Total Additionally Additionally Additionally area for Type of facility 2011 2021 2031 Existing Required Required Required 2031 (in for 2011 for 2021 for 2031 Ha)
Intermediate Hospital 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 7.4 (category A)
Intermediate Hospital 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 (category B)
Primary Health 1 1 2 2 - - - Centre
Primary Health 2 2 2 13 - - - Sub Centre
Dispensary 8 9 10 0 8 9 10 1.2 Total 10.6
Source: computed values In terms of health infrastructure, there will be need of 2 each Intermediate Hospitals of 100- 300 beds and 80 beds capacity by the end of planning period. In case of polyclinics, including Community Health Centers and Primary Health Centers, there would be no additional requirement as there are already 2 against 2 according to the UDPFI standards.
5.4.2.3. Socio Cultural Facilities:
According to the UDPFI standards, 37 community rooms and 12community halls and/or libraries would be required by the planning year 2031. Presently, there is no facility of community rooms in the Town. 2 additional Recreational Clubs centers would be required for the population projected for 2031, while that for the meditation centers and socio-cultural centers would be 2 each. Refer Table 5.8 below:
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Table 5.9: Requirement of socio Cultural facilities:
Additionally Additionally Additionally Area Type of facility 2011 2021 2031 Existing Required Required Required Required for 2011 for 2021 for 2031 in (HA)
Community room 28 32 37 0 28 32 37 2.442 Library 9 11 12 1 8 10 11 11 Recreational club 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 Theatre 1 2 2 2 Total 15.442 Source: Computed Values
5.4.2.4. Police:
Regarding the facilities of police infrastructure, no police stations and 3 police posts would be required in addition. Refer Table 5.9:
Table 5.10: Requirements of Police Facilities
Additionally Additionally Additionally Area in Category 2011 2021 2031 Existing Required Required Required Hectares for 2011 for 2021 for 2031
Police station 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.5 Police Post 3 3 4 0 3 3 4 0.64 Total Area 2.14 Source: Computed values
5.4.2.5. Fire Station
As per norms of UPDFI Guidelines, 1 fire station or substation within 1-3 Km. is to be provided for 2 lakh population. Area for fire station with essential residential accommodation is 1.00 ha and area for sub fire station with essential residential accommodation is 0.60 ha. The requirement of fire stations by 2031 would be one, which would be no additional requirement. Due to the movement factor there is need to shift the location. Moreover, fire equipments of these stations need to be modernized according to the increasing height of the buildings coming up in the city and to Reach inside the narrow roads of old city.
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5.4.2.6. Recreational Facilities
According to UDPFI Guidelines recreational facilities include parks and open spaces, amusement parks, sports centre and play ground, botanical and zoological park, water bodies and other natural features, places of tourist interest etc The norms of UDPFI states that 10sq.m-12sq.m. Per person area for recreational facilities is required at city level. At this norm, area required for L.P.A urban by 2031 would be 224 ha, out of which 57 ha. is already available. But it may increase due to the tourism nature of the town.
5.5. Land Use Requirements
Residential Use:
Using gross residential density for hilly areas of 150pph, area calculated for residential use is 1246 hectares which is 46 % of the required developed area site area, i.e. 2671 h. Out of this 286 h already exists, and therefore proposed residential area is 960 ha.
Commercial Use:
As per norms given in the UDPFI Guidelines the area requirements for commercial activity has been worked out. As per the classification of towns given for medium size town has a population upto 56897 whereas the large city size starts from population of minimum 25 lakhs. The projected population of L.P.A by 2031 would be 187000. Therefore logically Udhampur would remain a medium size town, so the norms of medium size town have been taken for calculating area requirements for commercial use as per tables given below:
Table 5.11: Areas of commercial centers
Hierarchy of Commercial centre Area per 1000 persons Sq.m Cluster centre 220 Sector centre 300 Community centre 500 District centre 880 Source: UDPFI Guidelines As per the figures given in the table above 1900 sq.m area for different categories of commercial areas has been proposed for 1000 persons, thus 1.9 sq .m (say 2 sq. m) area is required per person . The total projected population of L.P.A works out to 187253 persons, therefore total area required for commercial use is estimated to be 38 ha. (Minimum) but it has to be increased as per the vision of Tourism and Trade and Commerce.
Industrial:
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As per the workforce projections, the projected workforce for 2031 is 74901persons. The industrial workers as percentage of total work force for small and medium towns are 20% of total workers i.e. 14980 According to the calculations, the projected industrial area is 150 includes existing around 60 hectares of land. In view of hill station character, Eco-friendly and small scale industrial establishments are proposed to be developed in the activity zone in south of the city.
Transportation:
Based on standards i.e maximum of 6% area has been allotted to transportation and communication i.e. 160 h. (Desired Minimum). The existing Landuse under transportation is 89 hactares therefore additional 71 hectares of land is required to give for transportation in order to cater for city traffic and transportation needs efficiently.
Terminal facilities:
Area of the existing bus stand is not adequate to accommodate the present requirement as well as its inner city location creates traffic congestion. Therefore, a new site of bus terminal of area is required. As per the demand a site for truck terminal is also required which is also earmarked by the state government in battal ballian village.
Recreation use:
At present 57 hectares of land is under recreational use area is not calculated due to the tourist and ecological nature of town. For area will be earmarked as per the site potentials and constraints.
Public and Semi Public:
As per on standards from UDPFI Guidelines, and additionally calculated 267 hectares of land is required for have been allotted to the public and semi public use.
5.6. SWOT Analysis
Based on analytical study of the journey made in the realm of growth and development during last centuries of its existence, a SWOT analysis has been carried out for the city of Udhampur illustrating its inherent strengths and weaknesses, opportunities offered and threats faced by the city both from within and outside, which has been used as a framework for redefining the agenda for future growth and development of the city.
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5.6.1. Strengths
The strength of Udhampur can be defined in terms of: 1. Premier urban centre of the state having historical significance. 2. Rail and road gateway to the country for flow of goods and passenger traffic 3. Rail, road accessibility with all major destinations of the country 4. Strategic location in terms of roads as the town is located on the junction of two important roads links i.e. NH-1 A and Dhar Road. 5. Important growth centre for surrounding villages because of its strategic location. 6. Religious centre of the Region - having Devika complex, a pilgrim destination and City of enormous heritage wealth. 7. Important Tourist Destination centre because of its strategic location on a major tourist route of Jammu and Kashmir. 8. Regional destination and prime distribution centre for goods and services for large number of small and large urban & rural settlements. 9. Hub of quality Medical-cum-Educational facilities of regional significance 10. Large amount of availability of minerals in the region to develop coal based industries 11. House of age old traditions of food processing and forest based industry. 12. High degree of workforce employed in manufacturing and trade & commerce. 13. Presence of Ramnagar railway station on the outer boundary of LPA which can be used for the import and export of goods.
5.6.2. Weaknesses
The weaknesses of Udhampur can be defined in terms of: 1. Low level of investment both by parastatal agencies and private sector. 2. City growth largely marked by haphazard, unplanned and unauthorized growth leading to uneconomical use of land with remarkable loss of good land. 3. Absence of comprehensive statutory development plan leading to confused land use, marked by extreme congestion in the core and sporadic development all around. 4. Overcrowding of buildings on land and people in Dhabbar area, in absence of clear policy for the development of Dhabbar area. 5. Poor road geometry and inadequate capacity of existing road network. 6. Extreme vehicular congestion and absence of parking within and outside the core area of the city. 7. Mushrooming of unplanned and unauthorized development. 8. Acute shortage of housing both qualitatively. 9. Mushrooming of large number of slums.
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10. Shortage of affordable and qualitative housing stock. 11. No sewerage network 12. No solid waste management or land fill site. 13. Absence of tourism related quality infrastructure. 14. High degree of road congestion caused by intermediate mode of transport and bus stops. 15. Lack of awareness on conserving and preserving the valuable heritage.
5.6.3. Opportunities
1. Emerging major tourist destination with large increased flow of tourists and pilgrims both from state within state and outside state due to its location on the route of major tourist‟s centers of the state. 2. Widening and strengthening of main roads of LPA. 3. The natural slop of town support a gravity based sewerage system 4. City is surrounded by water bodies on all sides which can be used as a water resource.
5.6.4. Threats
1. The town is under the shadow of Jammu city. 2. Present scenario of commercial development along major roads will create more parking problems. 3. Through traffic will put huge burden on town roads, as the town is located on the junction of important roads. 4. The slope of town is towards Devak if the implementation of river is not proper, then the thrown of sludge into Devak which pollutes the scares water. 5. Delay in placing appropriate framework for proper, preservation and conservation of valuable natural heritage. 6. Non-rationalization of inter and intra-city traffic and improving/upgrading transportation network. 7. Delay in creating appropriate infrastructures related to tourism, trade & commerce. 8. Delay in decongesting the city core (Dhabber area) and rationalizing policy for its growth and development. 9. Delay in bridging the existing gaps in basic infrastructures and services in and around the city. 10. Delay in addressing issues on priority related to slums, and urban poverty.
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5.7. VISION 2031
For the Master Plan, it is necessary to formulate a long term (2031) vision for the city that takes into account the present strengths, opportunities, weaknesses (limitations) and threats (SWOT). For visualizing future city of Udhampur, so that the Master Plan so prepared takes care of all the aspects of future town development taking care of the requirements of each section of the society and is readily acceptable to the public. The finalized vision as per the study is as under:
“To maintain Udhampur as the centre of Trade and Commerce, excellence of educational activities at the Regional level, To strengthen its role as the destination of heritage and Religious tourism, As well as to promote Ecotourism of Northern India and To project Udhampur as a hub of Forest and Mineral -based industries and storage centre for its product by providing high quality infrastructure to its citizens in an inclusive and environmentally sustainable manner.”
5.8. Mission Statement for Focused Areas
In order to achieve the objectives and goals enshrined in the vision statement, mission statement for various focused areas has been detailed out below
5.8.1. Growth Management
1. Promoting planned development through effective city planning. 2. Rationalizing land use pattern for effective traffic management and provision of basic services and amenities. 3. Rationalizing the Peri-Urban Development. 4. Minimizing haphazard, unplanned and sub standard growth. 5. Making effective plan implementation and enforcement as integral part of city planning and development process. 6. Conserving and revitalizing the Dhabbar area and Devika complex. 7. Making growth management process more participatory. 8. Improving system of building plan approvals through use of IT and GIS. 9. Making urban development self-sustaining. 10. Leveraging growth management process for resource generation. 11. Removing all legal and administrative roadblocks in the efficient growth management.
5.8.2. Urban Environment
1. Making urban environment integral and essential part of city development process.
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2. Making environment integral part of planning and decision making process. 3. Treating effectively entire sewage generated within the LPA. 4. Improving solid waste management through state of art technologies. 5. Developing and improving existing gardens, parks and open spaces, besides creating new open spaces to make Udhampur as a green city. 6. Promoting optimum use of available natural resources.
5.8.3. Urban Services
Water Supply
1. Ensuring safe, equitable, reliable, adequate and quality water supply. 2. Ensuring 100% coverage of the city and regulate water supply. 3. Improving operational efficiency of water supply system by minimizing wastage and leakage. 4. Removing illegal water connections and public stand posts (PSP). 5. Making entire water supply based on metering system.
Sewerage and Drainage
1. Ensuring total coverage of the city with sewerage and drainage system including slums 2. Promoting eco-friendly decentralized treatment system. 3. Promoting protection of natural water bodies. 4. Promoting effective mechanism for disposal of treated Sullage. 5. Prohibiting disposal of untreated Sullage into natural water bodies.
Solid Waste Management
1. Improving the solid waste management in the city using best practices. 2. Using PPP model for solid waste management. 3. Promoting effective “Recycling” of Solid Waste. 4. Making solid waste management people centric. 5. Integrating solid waste disposal and rag pickers for efficient solid waste management and resource/employment generation for the poor. 6. Creating awareness to minimize solid waste generation. 7. Creating effective system for disposal of toxic waste generated by health sector 8. Making electronic waste disposal integral part of city management system. 9. Minimizing use of non-degradable plastics.
Storm Water Disposal
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1. Reviving the storm water disposal system of the city. 2. Improving the natural water drainage channels by desilting and stopping the sewage water from entering the water channels. 3. Constructing storm water disposal channels and integrating each household with the system. 4. Integrating the storm water channels with the city development process using land suitability analysis.
5.8.4. Traffic and Transportation
1. Improving safety, mobility and efficiency of traffic within and outside the city. 2. Segregating and rationalizing the inter and intra-city traffic. 3. Improving road geometry and road capacity of existing network. 4. Minimizing the use of private transport and to promote public transport. 5. Using planning as a mechanism for rationalizing and minimizing traffic. 6. Creating new road network and to improve the existing network to promote operational efficiency of traffic. 7. Reviewing the existing activity pattern to rationalize the traffic 8. Providing adequate parking spaces to remove traffic bottlenecks. 9. Minimizing traffic within the Gol Mraket, Dhabber Market and other commercial areas. 10. Promoting pedestrianisation within the Dhabbar area and Gol Market.
5.8.5. Urban Poor
1. Making urban poor Integral part of the city planning, growth and development process. 2. Improving accessibility to basic services for the urban poor. 3. Providing urban poor with better living environment. 4. Creating enough employment opportunities for improving financial status of poor. 5. Providing adequate opportunities for creating affordable shelter duly supported by basic services. 6. Empowering poor to be integral part of city development process. 7. All poverty alleviation programmes to be made more focused and poor centric. 8. Minimizing growth of slums/shanty towns and improving existing slums.
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5.8.6. Social Infrastructure
1. Providing adequate sites based on norms, for creating/developing various social infrastructures. 2. Involving private and corporate sectors for providing, developing and maintenance of] social infrastructure. 3. Making optimum use of mechanism of planned development for developing adequate and quality infrastructure. 4. Promoting community participation in maintenance and upkeep of social infrastructure.
5.8.7. Urban Governance
1. Making Municipal council a role model of good governance. 2. Improving and strengthening the urban local body in terms of structure and quality manpower and resources. 3. Creating appropriate mechanism for promoting higher interface between ULB and communities on regular basis at ward and city levels. 4. Making urban governance citizen centric. 5. Promoting transparency and objectivity in all public transactions and decision making. 6. Involving effectively NGOs and CBOs in the poverty alleviation programmes.
5.8.8. Finance
1. Improving financial base for the city through broad, diversified and inflation protected revenue base. 2. Rationalizing the pricing of urban services on the principal of “USER MUST PAY”. 3. Optimizing use of available resources through better prioritization of projects and improved management. 4. Minimizing expenditure on manpower and non-plan activities.
5.8.9. Heritage
1. Identifying and documenting the entire manmade and natural heritage. 2. Making heritage preservation and conservation integral part of city planning development process. 3. Creating awareness among the people about the role and importance of heritage preservation and conservation.
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5.9. Objectives of Master plan
The long term vision and the mission statements would require spatial land use planning, infrastructure planning, planning of transportation, effective management and operation of infrastructure services, and regulating and enforcing plan proposals. The objective of the Master Plan is to create enabling spatial and Land Use Planning framework to achieve the Vision of LPA Udhampur. More specifically following are the objectives.
1. To make Udhampur town as the most vibrant economic centre to promote the balanced regional growth. 2. To promote compact development of the area by minimizing disturbance to Eco sentive areas like forest and slopes. 3. To minimize haphazard, unplanned, and sub-standard growth and development of the city and to achieve planned growth to create healthy environment. 4. To effectively manage the traffic and transportation within the town through the mechanism of rationalizing the land use pattern defined in the Master Plan. 5. To make land available for public purposes. 6. To minimize travel within the town by creating self-contained and self-sufficient communities 7. To Create Adequate parking in the town as an integral part of commercial, industrial, and institutional planning and development process. 8. To strengthen the basic infrastructure favorable for forest and Minerals based Industries. 9. To rationalize the distribution of physical and social infrastructure in order to ensure appropriate quality of life to all the residents of the town. 10. To identify manmade architectural and natural heritage and to make heritage conservation as an integral part of the city planning and development process. 11. To help establish Udhampur as a major tourism destination. 12. To maintain and preserve existing drains. 13. To plan L.P.A as an integrated single unit. 14. To maintain the importance of Devika complex, this is losing day by day. 15. To promote, enhance, strengthen and enlarge the existing glory of the Dhabbar and Gol Market, Devika Complex and to make it hub of culture, trade and commerce, and tourism and religious activities. 16. To promote tourism through development of tourism related infrastructure and create a tourist circuit covering important destination within Udhampur L.P.A to enhance the tourist potential of the city with the surrounding region. 17. To Make Udhampur as a Tourist Stoppage point of the Tourists passing Through it for Vaishno devi, Katra, Patnitop etc.
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5.10. Preparation of Planning and Development concept:-
Cities in a natural course grow like an organism in south directions depending upon the availability of land and potential for growth, sometimes leapfrogging the natural as well as manmade barriers. On the basis of existing trend of development and studies conducted by the Tech Mech International Pvt. Ltd, it is observed that the development activities around Udhampur are concentrated along main roads passing through the city besides the area falling in the vicinity of existing developed area of the city. Keeping in view the present growth trend, the structure as shown in the Map No .7 has been conceived for the Udhampur city.
5.10.1. Characteristics of Concept plan:
After studying into the existing development pattern of LPA Udhampur, LPA is in the form of triangle, bounded by Tawi in one direction, Dudhar drain in second direction, and NH-44 in the third direction. Due to the slopes and reserved areas like forest in the North, Defence along the NH-44 and Airforce along the River Tawi, flat land is available between the NH-44 and Dhar road which is narrow in the north and widened in the south. 1. Residential area proposed with the continuity of existing residential area in the three layer as: a. Within the core city b. Within the municipal boundary c. Outside the municipal boundary up to the future urbanisable limits. Some of the residential has been proposed without its continuity in the south of existing Battal Ballian industrial area as this site is already identified for the housing colony by the state housing board. 2. Commercial area has been proposed as the City Centre and three District Centers. A City Centre has been proposed in the centre of LPA which will Gravitate the LPA towards it. Two new District Centre has been proposed in the south west and other in the south east to cater the demand of existing Defence ,airforce and BSF population so it will not disturb the city Area. The existing city centre like Gol market will also act as one of the District Centre. 3. Industrial area has been proposed in the continuity of existing Battal Ballian industrial estate which will act as a polluting industrial zone. Non polluting industries have been proposed in the Thanda Badder industrial zone. 4. Educational park has been proposed in the continuity of existing PTC college, will develop it as a knowledge park. 5. A bus stand has been proposed in the centre to provide maximum advantages to the city residents but this facility must be separated from industrial area with a fly over to avoid congestion.
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6. Government offices have been proposed near the proposed near the Bus stand which will be developed in the form of mini secretariat with proper parking. It will accommodate all district and local level offices which helps in the coordination between various departments and will be convenient to the daily commuter. 7. Medical and heath zone has been proposed near the proposed Bus stand and Indusrial area which will be convenient for the industrial worker will be easy to commute for residents of Udhampur and nearby towns also. 8. A transport cum ware houses has been proposed near the Ramnagar station to segregate this facilty from the existing city traffic. It has the advantage of close proximity to railway line and the industrial area. 9. An amusement park has been proposed in the reserved forest area with the coordination with the coordination of forest department. 10. A new Semi-ring road has been propsed to define the urbanisable limit. 11. The Socio Cultural facilities like Exhibition Grounds, Convention Centers, Music, Art and Drama Center, Hotels and Motels etc is proposed to be developed along the Bye Pass Road leading to Jammu. 12. Outskirts has been proposed to keep as such as an agriculture land and has been reserved for the future expansion of the town. 13. Moreover, Udhampur, being a Head Quarter of Northern High command has strategic importance from the point of view of the Defence and Air Force. It is proposed to retain the existing area under Govt. land (for Defence purposes) as such in the Proposed Land Use plan. An ammunition depot sites are existing in Udhampur. 14. Area described under the funnel zone if Air port of Air force and 100 m green restricted for development from the fencing of airport for the security purpose. 15. Sewerage treatment plants has been proposed on the meeting point of Dudhar and River Tawi (As per the slope)
After looking into the characteristics of Udhampur Planning and development concept it is necessary to look into its Merits and demerits
5.10.2. Merits
1. A residential area has been developed as continuity with existing which will form the compact development which is the demand of the city. 2. Commercial area has been proposed which will act as as well defined hierarchy and least chance for the parking shortage. 3. Industrial area has been proposed with the continuity of existing and as per its major consideration of wind direction. 4. A separate educational park convenient as per the location
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5. Medical and Health is also convenient to industrial, Daily commuters and existing and proposed population as it is given almost in the centre of LPA. 6. Government offices proposed is convenient to daily commuters 7. Proposed Bus stand is Strategically placed as per the convenience to whole Lpa and work place Relationship. 8. Transport hub is located outside the city and near the ramnaggar station so that it will segregate the freight traffic from the city Traffic. 9. Reserved Forest area will promote the tourism 10. Location of Tourism zone is also proposed to take maximum potential of this site. 11. Green Belt in the outskirts will act as a lungs space for town and reserved for the future expansion.
5.10.3. Demerits:
1. A proposed residential area in the south of industrial area is not as per the consideration of wind direction. 2. Commercial area may not provide the maximum potential to the tourists. 3. Proposed industrial area may pollute proposed housing colony. 4. Educational, Medical and Government buildings may lead to the congestion if not regulated. 5. Bus stand located in the centre may also lead to the congestion and traffic jams if not regulated. 6. Proposed tourism cum socio-cultural zone will create ribbon development along the Bye Pass leading to Jammu.
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Chapter 6: Planning & Development Proposals
Looking critically at the existing morphology of urban settlements and in depth studies made and detailed analysis carried out in terms of physical, socio-economic and demographical profile of the planning area, it appears logical and rational that spatial planning framework for the future growth and development of the Udhampur Local Planning Area should be defined in order to ensure the integrated growth of entire planning area and to launch Udhampur and other settlements on the path of fast trajectory of growth and development.
6.1. Proposed Layer Development:
Accordingly, Udhampur LPA covering an area of 6545 hectares has been visualized in the four distinct layers that are described in detail below:- Layer I: Area Enclosed by Dhar Road, Sailan Talab Road, Circular Road , Bus Stand Road and NH-44 (from Bus Stand Road To Dhar Road): Layer II:Area Enclosed By Municipal council, Uhampur Layer III: Area outside M.C Limit and up to the Future Developable Limit. Layer IV: Agricultural/Rural Area/Defence/ Airforce /Forest outskirt.
6.1.1. Layer I: Area Enclosed by Dhar Road, Sailan Talab Road, Circular Road, Bus Stand Road and NH-44 (from Bus Stand Road to Dhar Road):
The layer has a total area of 83 hectares, which constitutes merely 12 percent of the area of the Udhampur city. It houses approximately 44% of the population of the city. It means it has a gross residential density of 301 pph.
However, this layer has a unique quality of growth and development. It has distinction of housing the major Cultural and Religious landmarks. In addition, it is also the hub of Trade and Commerce symbol of Udhampur Town. Accordingly, Layer has been considered as the first layer of the entire planning area, being its heart and soul. Considering the historicity of the area due to the presence of Devika Temple, Dhabbar park, and Gol Market, narrow streets and specialized markets, the zone is proposed for preservation, conservation and up-gradation of infrastructure in order to make it a Tourist hub of Udhampur. Considering the inherent strength and value of this Planning Layer as the symbol of physical, social, economic and historical growth, it is proposed that it should be designated as “Trade and Tourism Area”, it should be developed to preserve the existing rich character. Accordingly, following strategies are proposed for the first planning layer of Udhampur:
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To preserve, enhance and promote the basic character of Layer one : Old city To promote quality of life by improving, upgrading and providing state of art infrastructure and services. To undertake selective de-congestion of the old city by shifting of wholesale markets and Government offices including Schools, Polytechnic College Saw Mills etc. to identified planned areas outside the Old City in the Battal Ballian along the bye pass, Dhar Road and railway line networks. To promote de-congestion by eliminating sub-division of land and change of land use from residential to commercial and others. To promote revitalization of first Planning Layer way of Special Area Action plan. To frame detailed “Urban Design Guidelines” for promoting and enhancing the quality of urban spaces. To promote Conservation and Preservation of heritage buildings To promote Tourist Walk by developing processional route of connecting Gol market, Devika Temple, Dhabbar Park also include Court Road, Mukherjee bazaar, etc. Provision/ Up-gradation of higher level of Urban and Tourist infrastructure. To promote, preserve, enhance and augment the bazaar culture in the First Planning layer in order to make it a role model of urban heritage. Pedestrianization of the First Planning layer in order to decongest and eliminate the traffic problems due to lack of adequate road width/parking. Implementing time regulation for undertaking loading and unloading activity for existing wholesale markets within first Planning layer. To identify, create and develop available open spaces through proper landscaping within First planning layer.
Considering the critical role, historical importance and typical character of the first Planning Layer, it is proposed that it shall be developed as a distinct entity. Accordingly, a specific, exclusive and detailed plan for the development of layer one needs to be prepared. The plan should be based on the prime consideration, having focus on Urban Design and Conservation & Preservation. Such a plan would be critical in order to preserve, promote and enhance the Tourism and commercial ambiance of the old city besides improving quality of life and productivity of Udhampur. The preparation of urban design development plan for the First Planning layer needs to be taken up on priority. Already Scheme For The Conservation of development of Devika complex projects have been proposed/ being taken up without any integration. It will be critical to integrate these projects within a well-defined framework. Accordingly preparation of such a Development Plan for first Planning layer assumes importance considering the required amount of investments and numbers of development projects are being taken up in the First planning layer.
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In addition to regulating and rationalizing the development of Old city of Udhampur by declaring it Trade and Tourism Area, it has been considered appropriate to focus on the development around Dhabbar park, and GOL market which forms the very heart and soul of Udhampur and around which entire future growth for the Subcity Centre would gravitate. The old buildings are being demolished and new ones are constructed on such sites. The new construction does not gel with the existing pattern of development and are fast emerging as eye-sores. Further, the use of land is undergoing rapid transformation with residential areas being converted into commercial complexes and hotels for catering to Tourism and Trade and Commerce. All these changes are taking place outside the framework of existing pattern of development with the result Character of the area is being marginalized and diluted. In addition, large volume of built up spaces and change of use of land has resulted in creating numerous developmental and traffic/transportation problems besides destroying the valuable character of Old City which is the very basis of existence and development of Udhampur. Accordingly, it is critical that the area around Dhabbar park and Gol Market, Devika Complex should be carefully and thoughtfully preserved and conserved so that valuable Medieval wealth of the city is not lost in the haze of unplanned and irrational development of the First Planning layer. In order to achieve the objective, it is proposed to declare area around Dhabbar Area, Gol Market as a Special Tourism zone. This zone has been identified in the map of First Planning layer and also comprises of Devika Complex.
In order to protect and enhance the existing character of Special Tourism zone, it is proposed to prepare detailed guidelines for the First Planning Layer, for which following strategies shall be involved:- 1. Prohibiting the change of Land Use and subdivision of land within the special Tourism Zone 2. Framing exclusive development control regulation for the special Tourism Zone. 3. Using different controls in terms of: a. Floor Area Ratio b. Height controls c. Land Use control d. Setbacks/projections e. Façade control f. Material control 4. Using urban design as the mechanism to control and regulate development. 5. Rationalizing advertisement in the special Tourism zone through advertisement controls. 6. Pedestrian isation of approach road to Gol Market, Dhabbar Park and Devika Complex shifting the Municipal Council office from the Town Hall and remodeling the Space to convert it into a Parking cum a Musical Garden.
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7. Appropriately designed Signage‟s to be put in place at critical areas for identification of areas of Historical, Architectural and Tourist importance.
However, all the services laid down in the Special Tourism zone shall be made underground including, electrical, telephone etc. in order to minimize Visual Pollution. Display of advertisement on the buildings and along the roads shall be regulated and made integral part of buildings and available spaces. Special lighting arrangements shall be made to enhance the Visual effect of Dhabbar Park, Gol market and Devika Complex and available spaces. Congestion shall be eliminated by regulating the movement of vehicles, removal/re-location of informal activity, vehicular parking on the Outskirts of the First Planning layer and widening of the fore courts of Gol markets.
All unauthorized constructions shall be removed; height of the buildings constructed in Special Tourism zone shall be regulated in order to ensure that no building is constructed more than the existing height so that the ambience is not diluted. Based on the above parameters, detailed strategies for the development of the special tourism Zone shall be prepared.
6.1.2. Layer II: Area Enclosed By Municipal Council Udhampur
The area enclosed by the Municipal Limit but outside the First Planning Layer has been defined as the second layer of Master Plan. This layer comprises of an area of 585 hectares and houses remaining 66 percent of the population of the city. It means it has a gross residential density of 38 persons pph and it has a net residential density of 198 hectares. It is the layer which houses major transportation linkages of rail and road besides the air. Its development is largely centered on the major traffic arteries and nodes. Majority of the post independence development is also concentrated in this layer. However, there are distinct variations in the quality and development in this layer that are marked by contradictions and mismatch.
Accordingly, this layer is possessing specific character in terms of structure, morphology, problems and potential requiring well-defined strategies for leveraging future growth and development.
Thus, majority of the development is unplanned and has quality Socio-Economic Infrastructure, large undeveloped open spaces due to Slopes which act as an integral part of the residential development. In addition, all commercial areas along Major Highways have been provided without parking spaces Like Big Bazaar and Vishal Mega Mart. Number of educational and institutional buildings, and are also available in the sub-layer. However, due to the lacking of development controls, the character of the sub-layer including Dhar road,
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National Highway 44 etc is undergoing fast changes due to large-scale conversion of land use from residential to commercial and from low rise to high-rise developments creating numerous problems of urban design, traffic and transportation, congestion etc. There are still large pockets lying vacant/ unplanned which needs to be taken up for planning on priority. Large-scale development is also taking place in the area, which needs to be regulated carefully and thoughtfully. The western side of the Dhar is already developed but majority of the eastern belt is undeveloped and also the land along the Bye pass is also not developed. Accordingly, it is proposed that immediate steps should be taken to frame development scheme for this area in order to minimize the loss of planned character of the area. In addition, the portion of Dhar road and Bye pass is also undergoing rapid sub-division and Major development. The area is proposed to be developed to meet the high standard of development besides providing essential infrastructure and services in terms of Residential Complexes, etc. to meet out the future requirement of population. The northern side of this layer is falling under the reserved forest which has to be kept as such. In order to preserve the basic character of the area, it has been proposed to put in place a well-defined system of controls for growth and development of the area and its built environment. Therefore, in order to preserve the basic character, the following is proposed: To retain the basic character of the area as low density and low rise. To minimize the conversion of land use. To minimize the sub-division of land. To enhance and augment the quality of basic infrastructure. To regulate the future growth and development of the area without changing the character of the area. To take up the development in pockets lying vacant/unused. To regulate the development along the Bye pass and Dhar Road. To evolve a detailed scheme for shifting of the Government offices located along the NH-44 and Dhar road. To clean the Devak Drain by eliminating all sources of pollution and developing it as the Green Belt/Re-creational Zone for the Town. To rationalize the development along the Bye pass and Dhar road. To promote amenities/infrastructure subservient to State/ National and Local level. To declare Devika Complex as the Heritage Zone To shift the location of Government offices like D.C office, Court Complex, PHE, electrical maintained etc. scattered in this layer and use it for various Parking Lots, Green Spaces and Museums etc. Providing improved basic urban infrastructure services. Developing the area as hub for wholesale markets which are proposed to be shifted from the First Planning layer.
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Formulation of more planned schemes by Udhampur Development Authority / Private Sector Development. Making the area as Economic and Social Hub for surrounding villages. Improving quality of life by providing quality Physical and Social Infrastructure. Making the area slum free by creating affordable housing for the economically weaker section of the society.
6.1.3. Layer III: Area outside M.C Limit and up to the Future Developable Limit:
This layer includes the area outside the M.C limit and up to the proposed Outer Ring Road connecting bye pass and Dhar Road which defines the outer limit of the Future development limit of the Master Plan, Udhampur. The layer houses the area of 2028 hectares. This area is largely agriculture in character dotted with rural settlements. It also has sporadic development, which is both unplanned and haphazard. It also has ribbon development along the major arteries emerging from Udhampur and providing linkages with the surrounding settlements. It is largely a low density area which is going to house majority of urban population coming in Udhampur City.
The area also has number of development projects newly developed and proposed like Industrial Estate Battal Ballian, Housing colony, Transport yard cum Ware houses by the private developers and promoters. It also has large chunk of flat land located between the Dhār road and NH-44. It also has higher level of technical Institutions including B.Ed Colleges. The area around Police Training College is proposed to be developed as the Knowledge Centre with attracting quality institutions. Since, the area is largely rural in character with low density; it offers enormous opportunities for planned development. Accordingly, development in this area is visualized by adopting following strategies:-
Promoting planned development through a well-defined Road Network. To make Udhampur self-contained and self-sustaining supported by basic infrastructure. Development to be highly compact for minimizing the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses. Development pattern to promote high degree of interface between rural and urban settlements Minimizing ribbon development along the important road network. To minimize land speculation by providing large amount of developed land required for housing/working/recreation for the future population to be housed in this layer.
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To develop the central portion of this layer as a city centre to serve the future population and to shift the existing whole sale commercial activity from first planning layer. To rationalize the development with compatibility between various land uses like polluting Industries and Residential. To provide new bus stand in the centre of the local planning area to serve the maximum population. To provide separate Educational, Medical and Office hub to reduce the travel distance between them.
6.1.4. Layer IV: Agricultural/Defence/Air Force/Forest outskirt:
This layer comprises of remaining area of Local Planning Area, Udhampur which includes the area outside the Outer Ring Road but within the LPA boundary. The layer has the largest area which is of the order of 3349 hectares. The area is mainly agricultural in nature containing village Abadis, forest land in the North, Air force land in the east, defence land in the west along NH-44 and in the east between railway line and Dhar road. To retain the green character of this layer, it is proposed to prevent or minimize conversion of agricultural land into non agricultural use such as Residential, Commercial, Industrial, etc. Further, the development pattern in this layer is proposed to promote high degree of interface between Rural and Urban area. In addition, the portion of Bye pass road leading to Jammu is also undergoing rapid sub-division and unplanned development. The area is proposed to be developed to meet the National and State level standards of development besides providing essential infrastructure and services in terms of Hotels, Multiplexes, Shopping Malls, Convention Centers, Golf Courses, and other Tourism related activities. The land along the Ramnagar station in the Thill Village proposed to be used as a major Transport Hub rather to use the Udhampur Railway station.
Accordingly, development in this area is visualized by adopting following strategies: To rationalize the development along the Bye pass leading to Jammu To create a Logistic Hub along Ramnagar railway station. To develop a two District centre one in the south-east and other in the south west to serve the needs of defense, BSF, CRPF and Air force. To keep the out skirts with all reserved land and all reservation like, Forest, Defense, BSF, CRPF etc. as existing. To develop a STP in the south East on the meeting point of River Tawi and Dudhar drain as per the slope. Buffer of 200mtr from Tawi river edge should be maintained/mandatory. The location and capacity of STPs‟ at tentative sites - (i)Tawi river and Dudhar Drain junction and
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(ii)Kangaroo village shall be finalized after feasibility report in consultation with the Sewerage and Drainage Department of J&K.
6.2. Proposed Land Use Plan
On the basis of the study of existing land use plan, analysis and population projections of Udhampur Local Planning Area followed by several discussions with DDC Udhampur and at different levels a proposed land use plan has been prepared. In this plan, different land use zones such as Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Recreational, Public uses, Agricultural, etc. have been earmarked based upon the computation of land use requirements as stated in the U.D.P.F.I guidelines. The existing growth pattern and after examining the various possibilities, the afore-said land use categories have been adopted for the proposed land use plan. The other concerned aspects of these different land uses have been detailed out in the following sub-heads. The proposals & land use mentioned below may be read with Zoning Regulations, specified later in the chapter 8. The proposed land use requirements for Udhampur L.P.A has been worked out based on the proposed density for Udhampur MC Area and LPA area for the targeted year 2031. On looking at the existing city structure, it has been observed that the city is expanding along major radials with rapid developments along Bye pass leading to Jammu. And the development along Dhar road and NH-44 is controlled due the existence of defence along these roads.
On taking the Gross Developed Area Density of 70 PPh (the minimum density given in U.D.P.F.I for big town in hilly areas) for Udhampur M.C., the future urbanisable area calculated is of the order of 2671 hectares. Although, the future urbanisable area required by 2031 is calculated assuming gross developed area density but it is also important to take into account the immense growth potential of Udhampur because of its importance as Tourism, Industrial and Commercial hub. Upcoming development spread over different parts of the LPA and along the major road corridors, the city may be expected to grow well beyond the calculated areas. (Refer Plan 1). Though, the growth is expected to come mainly along the major roads, the area lying between these roads too has been taken up to prevent unplanned and unregulated development. Finally, the Future Urbanisable Area for Udhampur city is expected to grow up to the Dudhar Drain in the south and Tawi in the east.
The LPA, Udhampur is spread over an area of 6545 hectares, out of which Udhampur Municipal Corporation area is of the order of 668.40 hectares. It constitutes 10.2 % of the total Local Planning Area. The urbanisable area for the target year 2031 is proposed to be enlarged to 6045 hectares to accommodate the projected population of 187253 persons. The proposed urbanisable area of the Udhampur would comprise of the entire area which falls within the urban limits of Udhampur Municipal Council besides the area falling under the
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The land uses provided in the Master Plan has been detailed out below:-
6.2.1. Residential
Residential land use is the major component of a city and accounts for majority of the total urbanisable area. It shapes and defines the overall structure of the city including its built mass. The residential zone is spread over the entire urbanisable area proposed in the Master Plan and includes both the existing residential areas available in the town as well as new areas proposed for accommodating the future population. Accordingly, the residential area extends beyond the existing developed area and the urban limits. In order to accommodate the projected population of 187253 persons up to the year 2031, residential area of the order of 1246 hectares is required based on the gross residential density uniformly of 150 P.P.H.
However, the area under this category has been kept on higher side considering the existing pattern of growth and high growth potential of the city as Industrial, Educational, Tourist hub and Regional Character of Udhampur. Irrespective of the requirements, the residential area is proposed to be extended up to Outer Ring Road joining Bye pass and Dhar road. Two Housing colonies (one in the Battal Ballian and other in Rathian village) are already coming up along the existing major road network. Residential development has been proposed in village Sambal, Chakar and Sui as shown in the Land Use Plan.
While defining land use proposals, care has been taken to accommodate and integrate both already existing residential areas appearing in Existing Land Use Plan and the area proposed to be added for a future population. However, contours of residential area have been rationalized keeping in view the existing population distribution in the city and density pattern of proposed to be achieved in the Master Plan. It has been proposed to adopt a two- tier structure for the residential area based on the residential density as detailed below:-
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Table 1.1: - Gross density in residential zone
Sr. No Zone Existing Residential Proposed Residential Density density 1 Layer I 301 pph 300 pph 2 Layer II and Layer III 39 pph 150 pph
The areas zoned for residential use are based, not merely on the density defined above but also on the potential for future growth besides preserving the valuable agricultural land.
Considering the density pattern proposed above, it is proposed to ensure compact development of the city and accordingly, considerable proportion of the residential area particularly on the periphery may remain undeveloped by 2031.
RD1- The core city area of the city (Layer) has high population density and is accordingly highly congested with poor quality of living. Core city has merely 12 of the total area of Udhampur but it houses 66 percent of city population. In order to improve the quality of life and to provide higher order of open spaces, it is proposed to be decongested the core city by reducing the net residential density to the level of 300 PPh from the present density of more than 380PPh. However, the area under core city would continue to be categorized as high- density zone with proposed density pegged.
RD2- Area already developed along all major roads and the area surrounding the high density zone has been put in the category of medium density, where the density is proposed to be of the order of 150 persons per hectare. In order to make the compatible use, the medium density zone has been provided in proximity to the existing residential area. The net density has been kept high in order to preserve the valuable agricultural land and to make the residential area more compact and energy efficient. This zone would also provide additional infrastructure and services which are deficient in the core area of the city.
RD3- In order to have a well-defined hierarchy of residential areas, a density pattern that gradually decreases from the core to the periphery has been adopted in the Master Plan.
Accordingly, the area outside the Outer Ring Road and the L.P.A boundary has been earmarked for rural zone. In this zone, the residential development has been permitted only to accommodate the natural growth and expansion of the rural settlements in the shape of a belt varying from 20-50 meters around the abadi area depending upon the size and population of rural settlements. All these zones have been placed in the category of low density residential development, with density limited to 70 persons per acre in order to preserve the basic rural character of low density low rise. It is also proposed that all the villages falling outside the
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In order to ensure the availability of developed land in adequate quantity and at affordable price, it is proposed to leverage the active participation of private and co-operative sectors. Accordingly, appropriate framework and the housing strategy will have to be such, which ensures active participation of Public, Private and Cooperative sectors. While providing affordable shelter to all, optimum utilization of land would form integral part of the development strategy. To develop of new residential areas it shall be based on well-defined norms in order to provide housing for all sectors of society. The policy should aim at making the existing development integral part of Master Plan proposals following the prescribed norms.
6.2.1.1. Housing for Economically Weaker Section
Housing strategies for the urban poor needs a holistic and multi-pronged approach. For effectively addressing the issue, increased supply of developed land and its availability in equitable and sustainable manner would be vital. The existing inequity in access of land to poor has to be removed. Policies must free the restrictions on land supply and make the land market efficient and sensitive to their demand. While proposing new residential area, housing for the economical weaker section must be included as an essential ingredient of the Master Plan considering that more than 90% of the housing shortage falls in the category of L.I.G and E.W.S housing. It will be critical to provide adequate land for them at the most affordable price. In addition to providing majority of plots in this category, it will also be essential that certain percentage of land/plots/flats are provided for L.I.G/E.W.S housing in all the housing projects sanctioned by the State Government. In addition, existing slums would also require detailed study and analysis before taking decision with regard to their up- gradation or redevelopment but only Jakhani Slum pocket is proposed to relocate. Considering the enormity and magnitude of problem, eradicating slums and providing affordable shelter to poor will largely depend upon our capacity to leverage land in right quantity, at right place and at right price. For providing affordable shelter, it will be appropriate to consider the option of forming co-operatives of the slum dwellers for leveraging their resources. Approach would have to change from subsidy- based to cost recovery housing for creating required number of houses for L.I.G/E.W.S categories.
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6.2.2. Commercial
Udhampur has dominated the urban canvas as one of the most vibrant centre of trade and commerce in its own Sub Region. As Udhampur is an important commercial centre at both local and regional level and will continue to function as a larger regional centre serving the population even outside L.P.A, therefore, the city requires development of new commercial areas. Accordingly, sufficient area is proposed to be earmarked under this use in the Local Planning Area. In order to meet the emerging requirement of commercial areas 5% of the total urbanisable area has been proposed under this use. In all 38 hectares has been proposed for commercial development. It is proposed to develop an additional area of 436.48 hectares in a planned manner. The existing area is proposed to be Retained, Developed, Augmented and Enhanced in terms of infrastructure and services in order to enable it to cater to the needs of commercial areas. Additional area proposed in the Master Plan will be essentially utilized for creating state of art infrastructure for certain wholesale markets existing inside the core city area which has to be shifted outside the core city.
As the existing city is proposed to grow to 1.87 lakh persons approximately, therefore, two more district shopping centers and one city level shopping centre are proposed to serve the commercial needs of the Projected Population. Further on the bases of studies conducted mix land use has been proposed along the NH-44 upto the depth of 50 mts., Dhar road upto a depth of 50 mts., Bye Pass Road upto a depth of 75 mts and Chari Sail Road upto a depth of 30 mts. Mix land use can also be permitted other major roads with ROW of more than 10 mtrs upto a depth of 30 mtrs.The existing commercial development has been also proposed to develop as a bazaar culture and commercial walk to attract tourism. In addition, commercial centers will also be developed as integral part of new residential areas Planning and Development. Further, about 5% of residential colony is required to be provided for commercial use, so that when the new residential areas are developed in the future the commercial areas will be ear marked based on the norms specified above.
The latest trend of commercial development in form of Retail shopping centre is also being observed in Udhampur. Two shopping centre of this type namely Big Bazar and Vishal Mega Mart are operational. Considering the need of quality commercial development, Hotels, Shopping Malls and Multiplexes, Convention Centers Exhibition Halls and Golf Clubs have been proposed along Bye Pas road leading to Jammu because Bye pass is lying on the major tourist route of Jammu and Kashmir. In order to leverage on the strength of preparing delicacies it is proposed to set up Food Courts in different parts of the city. This would help in not only promoting economy of the city but also attract number of tourists to the city. Appropriate sites shall be identified within and outside core city with adequate parking for setting up of Food Courts. Such Food Courts should be set up near existing Town hall,
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Dhabbar Park, Jakhani Park, and within Gol market, Meat market, Mukherjee bazaar and Court road.
In addition, considering the requirement of large volume of export/import to other states, a Trade and Commerce zone including warehousing, Godowns, Logistic Park, Freight complexes, cold Storage etc has been proposed near the Ramnagar Railway station towards Jammu looking at its close proximity to the proposed and existing industrial zone and railway line. This will help to segregate the Heavy traffic outside the city area. Since there are no norms available for this particular land use, a zone of 100 hectares has been earmarked.
Further, the commercial area is proposed to be developed through a well-defined system of zoning regulations and development control regulations provided in the Master Plan that take care of the needs of commercial area development. In order to overcome the perpetual problem of parking in commercial area, providing adequate parking area has been made integral part of commercial area planning. Well defined norms for parking has been provided in the Development Control Regulations appended in the Master Plan. Authorities must ensure that adequate parking space is provided in the commercial areas and no vehicle is allowed to use road as the parking space. Sites for parking lots shall also be created in the various part of town.
At present, there is one wholesale market in operation, i.e. Thanda Badder vegetable Market which has to be kept as such and whole sale shops are proposed to locate here which are proposed to be shifted from the core city( First planning layer).
Rail Terminal
Since the rail service has been place in udhampur. Further rail network is being extended to Katra, Srinagar etc. It would be necessary to provide transit facilities by way of lodging, boarding, parking hotel, commercial and other related functions around railway station. For this an area of 40 acres is proposed in village Omala to be developed on both side of railway road linking to bye-pass road. The development of this area to be taken up after preparing the detail zonal plan and developed in first phase of layer development.
In addition to cater to the growing needs of the city ,it is also proposed to have mix land use development up to a depth of 30 mts and shall be permissible as per the norms suggested after widening the existing Cherry Sail road from Chankay Choek to Railway Station. The R/W of this is proposed 50 fts as per volume survey.
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6.2.2.1. Informal sector
Informal sector has considerable role to play in meeting the basic needs of the residents besides generating employment. Considering large number of visitors to the city and the basic character prevailing in Udhampur, informal sector has been found to be playing active part in meeting the commercial needs of the city. However, in the absence of any regulated system, informal sector has been found to exist in major part of the city. Based on the primary survey conducted for the informal sector in the city, it has been felt that organized sites for informal sector are required to be created near the main city nodes such as Town Hall and Old Bus Stand, Salathia Chownk, Gol Market and other transport nodes etc. It is suggested that the organized well-planned sites for rehri markets shall be proposed in the new planned colonies while implementing the Master Plan. In addition, organized and well-planned sites for vendors shall also be provided as integral part of the planning and development of town.
6.2.2.1.1. Policy for Existing Areas
With a view to make informal sector, an integral part of the planning process and keeping in view the National Policy on Urban Street vendors, the following provisions are proposed to be made for the informal sector:
The location/concentration of present stationary informal units shall be considered on case to case basis and steps for relocation/improvement shall be taken. It should be ensured that such activities do not spill over on the road network in the right of way. The Govt. /concerned local authority would coordinate to achieve the objective. The areas of informal sector shall have suitable public conveniences and solid waste disposal arrangements. Formulation of guidelines for schemes would include „Hawking‟ and „No Hawking‟ zones. Specific areas would be earmarked for stationary and mobile street vendors by the concerned local authority. No informal unit should be permitted along/near the intersection in order to avoid traffic congestion and accidents.
6.2.2.2. Planning Norms for Informal Trade
As already stated, informal sector is proposed to be made an integral part of planning process. Accordingly, the informal sector trade would be incorporated in the planned development in various use zones. The provision of informal sector trade units should be ensured at the time of sanction of layout plans as per the norms given in the table below:-
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Table 1.2 :-Planning Norms for Informal Sectors
Sr.no Use Zones/Use Premises No. of Informal Shops/Units 1. Retail Trade: City Centre, District Centre, 3-4 units per formal shops
Community Centre, Convenience Shopping Centre Government And Commercial Offices 5-6 unit per 1000 employee 2 Wholesale Trade and Freight Complexes 3-4 unit per 10 formal shop 3 Hospital 3-4 unit per 100 bed 4 Bus Terminal 1 unit for 2 bus bay 5 Schools Primary /Secondary 3-4 inits Senior Secondary/Integrated 5-6 units 6 Parks District park 8-10 units at each major entry Neighborhood parks 2-3 units at each major entry 7 Residential 1 unit per 1000 population 8 Industrial 5-6 units per 1000 employee 9 Tourism zone 5-6 units per site
6.2.3. Industrial
With a view to provide fillip/boost to the economy of the city and to promote industrial activity in the region, a sizeable area of the order of 8% of total urabanisable area has been proposed for the industrialization. Accordingly, 160 ha of the future urbanisable area have been proposed under this use. Most of the industrial units existing in the city at present are scattered all over the city with some of them located in the planned industrial areas such as Industrial Estate Thanda Badder and Battal ballian. Moreover, the location of Industrial Estate Thanda Badder in the city is also not as per the principles defined for the location of the industrial use. In order to overcome the problem of pollution and to create a state of art industrial area having basic infrastructure and services, a industrial zone having an area of 160 hectares have been proposed in the Master Plan-Udhampur with the expansion of existing Battal Ballian industrial estate. Industries dealing with metal alloys machine tools etc shall be shifting from the present city to proposed industrial area . The area also meets the basic requirement of locating industries based on the prime consideration of the prevailing wind direction (North-West to South-East). The proposed industrial zone includes; the existing industrial Estate Battal ballian development along the Bye Pass Road. It also includes industrial development by way of providing developed plots with required basic
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In order to promote quality environment, it is proposed to create a 100 meters wide green belt of broad leaf trees to be developed within the industrial zone to separate industries from the existing village settlements/abadi-dehs. Further, all industrial units would also be required to plant trees in the setbacks provided within the plots. Green belts would also be created as integral part of planning of industrial areas and areas separating the residential and industrial zones
6.2.4. Public and Semi Public
In order to overcome the qualitative and quantitative deficiency of public and semi-public uses, it is proposed to provide enough space under these uses. Accordingly, an area of 267 hectares has been proposed under this land use that works out to be 12 % of the future urbanisable area. However, this area does not include the area which will be available under this use in the planning of the residential areas. All residential areas provided in the Master Plan shall be planned to provide for all public and semi public uses based on the space norms and standards specified in the Master Plan. This zone will accommodate Physical and Social Infrastructure including Education, Libraries and Health institutions, Government offices, Socio-Cultural and Religious facilities, Utilities and Services such as Water Treatment Plant, Sewerage Treatment Plant, Solid Waste Disposal sites etc. Udhampur has large number of prestigious institutions catering to all levels of education and healthcare. Accordingly, in order to leverage on this strength, it is proposed to create knowledge centers in the city. Further, the area along the PTC College outside the M.C area and Bye pass Road towards Jammu has enormous potential for development of Educational and Health institutions serving both the city, L.P.A and surrounding urban settlements. A Medical and Health Zone is also proposed along the Bye pass Road to cater the higher medical needs of the city residents. The Socio Cultural facilities like Exhibition Grounds, Convention Centers, Music, Art and Drama Center etc is proposed to be developed along the Bye Pass Road Leading to Jammu. Considering the existence of several numbers of regional level institutions including PTC College, B.Ed colleges, Polytechnic college etc, it is proposed to make this area as the institutional hub for the region. Accordingly, Institutional/ Educational zone has been
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6.2.5. Government Use
Udhampur, being the historic city and a district headquarter, has large area owned by Government. The following below mentioned departments are located in different parts of city. The total work force as per records is nearly 4000 in these office at present. Taking average growth rate of 2% per annum and also people/ residents visiting these offices for work are required to travel from one place to another. It causes considerable inconvenience to the public, and also lack of co-ordination between these offices due to their scattered location. The location of these offices in the congested areas also causes parking problems. Considering the people‟s convenience and for promoting better coordination, there is proposal to develop District Administrative Complex (D.A.C) in the city housing all the offices of local and district level. The new District Administrative Complex is proposed to be set up over an area of 15 hectors at Rathian village. It would help transport system and also convient journey to work for employers. This is the core idea of modern smart city.
List Of Offices
1. Court complex 2. D.C office complex 3. P.W.D 4. P.H.E 5. Electric 6. Town Planning 7. Udhampur Development Authoriy 8. S.S Police 9. Sericulture 10. Horticulture 11. Agriculture
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12. B.D.O Office 13. C.P.W.D 14. Sale Tex 15. G.P Fund 16. Tehsildar Office 17. Medical Offices 18. Education Office 19. C.E.O / Z.E.O Offices 20. Employment Exchange 21. Sale Tax Office 22. Irrigation Cum Flood Control 23. Mechanical div. 24. Mushroom dev. Office 25. Handy craft 26. Fisheries dev. Office 27. Sheep Husbandry Office 28. Animal husbandry office 29. Disstt. Social welfare office 30. Nari Neketan Social Welfare Office 31. Asstt. Labour Commissioner 32. Disst. Information centre 33. Asstt. Commission weight & measure 34. Soldier Welfare Board 35. Income Tax Office 36. Field Publicity Office 37. Forest Office 38. Manager Hatchery Poultry Project 39. Handloom 40. Fire brigade
Moreover, Udhampur, being a Head Quarter of Northern High command has strategic importance from the point of view of the Defence and Air Force. Area under defence is developed and owned by the Govt. of India. and is being used for residential, administrative and for other defence purposes. The area is well planned and has good quality infrastructure. However, due to location,. It has been proposed to retain the existing area under Govt. land (for Defence purposes) as such in the Proposed Land Use plan. An ammunition depot sites are existing in Udhampur. it is located within defence area limits along the NH-44 near Kali Mata Mandir. As per the notification of Govt. of India, a no construction zone of 900 meters
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6.2.6. Recreation
As already explained, Udhampur badly lacks in the provision of green /recreational spaces in the city which has affected adversely the quality of life prevailing in the city. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to provide recreational area as per prescribed norms and standards. In order to meet the deficiency of such activities, a recreational area has been proposed along Devak River which is passing through Udhampur LPA and meets with the Beerwan Nalah in the south. In addition, available green belt is also proposed to retain as such because it is along both side of Devak River and is proposed to be developed as green belt/recreational area. Further, for meeting the regional level requirements of Recreation, a Floriculture Park is already in operation located in Jakhani. This park has to keep as such in the Master Plan. The total area proposed under recreational use is 540 hectares, which works out to be 24% of the total urbanisable area of the city. Recreational areas are also proposed to be carved out within the core city and area adjoining the core city particularly in the southern part where, due to unplanned and haphazard development, very little open spaces and recreational areas are available. The area available within core city from the process of decongestion and shifting of wholesale markets is proposed to be used in majority of cases for creation of open spaces and recreational area. In addition, area in the core city, which houses Boys school, Town hall and Girls College, is also proposed to be developed as major recreational zone to attract tourism. In addition to that in the north of LPA Reserve forest area exists which is proposed to develop as a Camping and Eco Tourism site with the coordination of forest department to attract more tourism in Udhampur. Golf Course and Hotels for tourists are proposed to be located along the Bye Pass Road leading to Jammu. Convention Centre and Exhibition Ground of national standard is also proposed to be developed in the vicinity of Toursit circuit of jammu depicted on Proposed Landuse Plan of Udhampur in order to meet the future demand of exhibition/ conventions/ stay of the tourist/ delegates attending such conferences/ visiting exhibition.
In Udhampur, concept of „City Forest’ is proposed to be adopted under which available green area at selected places shall be put under intensive plantation. This would not only increase the green cover in the city, but would also improve the quality of environment besides attracting large number of birds which would be living in these forests.
The Devak River and Air Force Nalah which are covering the major part of the length and breadth of the city and have high degree of pollutants are proposed to be developed as the
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Leisure Valleys of Udhampur. It is proposed that all sources of pollution along these Drains are to be removed (Detail has been discussed in the Tourism proposals) The Devak and Air Force Nalah are proposed to be developed as the channels carrying clean water (only natural water by rain) In addition, the walkways are proposed to be planned along these two drains in the form of terraces besides undertaking the landscaping.
In addition, all the residential areas will be planned in such a manner that they have required level of Open, Recreation and other spaces. Provision of such spaces shall be made integral part of the planning of residential areas. Norms and Standards have already been defined in the Master Plan for these spaces. Accordingly, it will be ensured that all the residential colonies conform to these norms of recreational activities.
Sports
Presently one small stadium exisists in the city for active sports covering an area of nearly 5 acres. It is not going to cater the future needs of city. Apart from hierarchy of organized open spaces in the newly developed areas and to cater the need of projected population an area of 35 acres in village loundna for sports complex is proposed as shown in the proposed land use plan
6.2.7. Green belt
With the objective of preserving the valuable agricultural land and maintaining its basic rural character, non-urbanisable area falling within Local Planning Area has been proposed as Green Belt in form of agricultural zone. This zone comprises of the area between the outer ring road and local planning area boundary bounded by river Tawi in the east and Dudhar in the west. This zone comprises of 3349 hectares out of the total L.P.A area of 6845 hectares.
Area around rural settlement in the shape of belt will be permitted to be used for meeting the shelter and other related needs of the population likely to be added by 2031. The pattern of development shall be restricted to low density and low rise. This area can be used after 2031 as a future expansion of the city population.
6.2.8. Conservation Areas:
The city of Udhampur has not much heritage that needs to be Preserved, Conserved and Promoted except the existing Devika Complex. Accordingly, a well-defined strategy will have to be put in place in order to integrate them in the future growth and development of Udhampur L.P.A. Detailed proposals based on ground realities and the special character of this complex needs to be prepared with sensitivity in order to make them as an area of tourist
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6.3. Proposed Tourism Plan:
The existence of Devika Temple has made Udhampur as the tourist centre. Accordingly, it attracts large number of tourists on day-to-day basis. In addition, it has a distinct advantage of having a number of tourist and Religious sites present within its surroundings, which offer enormous opportunities of development. These sites can be effectively used and developed for leveraging the tourism potential and for providing, required impetus to the tourism. Further, it has been observed that despite large no. of tourists visiting the city, their actual stay is limited. Most of the tourists stay for 2-3 hours in the city. To create and healthy environment it is proposed a green buffer of 25 mts around the existing bowles and water bodies with pedestrian paths and to be developed as recreation area . In order to make tourism as the major economic driver for the area, it is proposed to extend the stay of the tourists to one–two days. In addition, city has very limited accommodation for catering to low budget tourists. Accordingly, it is also important that appropriate level of budget hotels are created in the city. Scheme for accommodating tourists in the residential houses (bed and breakfast) can also be considered as an option for providing affordable accommodation to the tourists. Incentive based scheme will have to be framed for creating appropriate level of budget accommodation. It is also proposed to provide numerous options for the tourists by developing tourist circuits at two distinct levels as detailed below:
The entire approach to promote tourism shall revolve around provision of following four approaches:-
1. Promoting high degree of accessibility, 2. Providing comfortable and affordable quality accommodation, including low budget accommodation 3. Creating more opportunities for attracting tourists, and 4. Providing state of art tourism related infrastructure and amenities
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6.3.1. Within Udhampur Municipal Corporation Area:-
The city has number of tourist attractions of Historical, Cultural and Religious importance. All these places can be showcased through a system of tourist walks. Considering the spatial location and importance, following route is proposed to be developed for tourist walk as tool for promoting awareness about heritage and tourism development.
Moving via circular road after parking at Town hall site (Proposed Parking site), Devak temple comes first and then returning to Circular road and climbing to the Gol market by steps, and then to visit Mukherjee Bazar, Gol market, Dhabbar Park. Again returning to the parking site from front of Electrical and Maintenance Department and then enjoying the Musical garden (Proposed) (Refer map 9)
All the above routes can be combined and developed based on the pattern followed in “Freedom Trail” adopted in the case of city of Boston, U.S.A. for showcasing the rich Heritage and History of the city.
6.3.2. Regional level Tourist Circuit:-
At regional level, two distinct tourist circuits have been identified which can be developed and promoted for tourism:-
1. Udhampur-Katra-Udhampur 2. Udhampur-Kud-Patnitop-Udhampur
6.3.2.1. Udhampur-Katra-Udhampur:
This tourist circuit falls within the districts of Udhampur and Reasi District and includes important Religious and Historical destinations of Vaishno Devi and Udhampur The circuit will have numerous options in terms of, Recreational tourism and Religious tourism. Katra is situated in the foothills of the Trikuta Mountains, where the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi is located. It is located 37 km far from the city of Udhampur.
6.3.2.2. Udhampur-Kud-Patnitop-Udhampur:
This tourist circuit falls within the districts of Udhampur only includes Recreational tourist Religious destination of Udhampur, Kud and Patnitop. Patnitop or Patni Top, is a hilltop tourist location in Udhampur district, on the National Highway 44, on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar, 46 km from Udhampur and Kud is located on the Udhampur Srinagar Highway, 32 k.m from Udhampur city. It is just short of the tourist
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In addition to above, it is also proposed that important entries to city including Entry from Jammu and Srinagar should be taken up for beautification through appropriate quality of landscaping, creation of gates and through well designed lighting and water features with signage‟s in order to accord a warm welcome to the visitors to the city.
6.4. Proposed Traffic and Transportation Plan:-
Traffic and Transportation is the most critical component of any city because it defines and determines both existing and future Patterns, Typology of Growth and Development of the city.
Since, the Traffic and Transportation in any city is the function of Landuse, accordingly Traffic and Transportation network would be required to be integrated with the proposed landuse in order to provide high degree of connectivity and travel options between various Landuses. It would also be critical to increase the operational efficiency of different urban centers.
Accordingly, Traffic and Transportation plan of Udhampur up to the year 2031 has been proposed based on the Proposed Landuse Plan for Udhampur. The proposals related to Traffic and Transportation Plan as detailed, aims at rationalizing the existing road network, creating a well defined hierarchy of roads, redesigning the critical areas including road junctions, creating over-bridges, rationalizing the inter and intra city traffic, creating adequate parking spaces, ensuring distribution and collection of traffic from various parts of the city both in terms of existing and proposed development, developing well defined interface between different land uses, improving efficiencies in traffic movement within the city, minimizing delays etc in order to improve the operational efficiency and productivity of the city. The proposed traffic and transportation plan defined in the proposed Landuse plan will form the basis for promoting the rational and planned growth of the Udhampur. The proposed network will also help in redefining the proposed urbanisable area in to different development zones which can be planned on the basis of self contained and self sufficient neighborhood principles with convenience as a major objective. This would also help in promoting communities and interlinking them to the basic framework of the city. In addition, it will also help in redesigning the basic infrastructure and services essential for basic sustenance of the people and the city.
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6.4.1. Proposed Road Network and Hierarchy
The proposed Traffic and Transportation Plan of Udhampur L.P.A is based on a well-defined road network of appropriate hierarchy in order to cater the traffic needs of the urban centers and population living and working there. It includes Redefining, Strengthening and Augmenting the existing road network and additional linkages to be created in order to rationalize the traffic and transportation within the city and areas proposed to be brought under urbanization. Keeping in view the future shape and size of Udhampur Urbanisable Area, there is need for creating an efficient and effective system of transportation.
The existing road network in Udhampur has not dominated character/pattern due to the hill topography. The internal circulation pattern of the City is linear and the natural geographical hill spurs have governed the network pattern. The existing network of linear roads passing through L.P.A has been retained and it is proposed for improvement/widening/strengthening. While demarcating the internal road network within L.P.A, efforts have been made to make optimum use of available road infrastructure and land available along the drains in order to minimize the cost of development and to ensure easy availability of land for the proposed road network. The large areas falling within the NH-44, Dhar Road and Bye Pass Road have been proposed to be served by second order of hierarchy of roads serving inter and intra city traffic as shown in the Proposed Traffic and Transportation Plan (Refer Plan No.10). In order to meet the future demand of traffic and transportation for the Udhampur LPA, following hierarchy of roads has been proposed. Further while developing the future residential area i.e. layer II and layer III all the existing village Roads as shown on the plan to be made four lane (25 mts) wide with a carriage way not less then 10 mts.
Table 1.3: - Proposed Road Hierarchy, LPA Udhampur
Category of Roads Description Right of Remarks way R1 Outer semi Ring Road 75 mts High speed and high (Proposed as Potion Of capacity road Existing Bye pass upto Catering to intercity/ Dudhar Crossing, along regional Traffic Dudhar nalah upto Dhar Dual Carriage Way having Road, Dhar Road upto a total of 4 lanes meeting point of existing Bye Minimum Openings Pass and Dhar Road and at Controlled access last Portion Of Existing bye No Building Zone of 5 mt Pass upto Jakhani Ckowk. to be provided on either side of the road Reservation.
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Foot path to be provided
Category of Roads Description Right of Remarks way R2 (A) 1. Proposed Arc Road 1, 50 mts High speed and high (Starting from NH 44 capacity road Beerwan Bridge along Dual Carriage Way Beerwan Nalah upto Bye Inter and intra City pass, Portion of Bye pass Traffic upto the Turn of Battal Highly controlled Ballian, and new Road accesses proposed as Shown on Minimum Openings map Upto dhar Road) Well defined Road 2. Proposed Arc Road 2 Junctions (starting from Omara No Building Zone of 5 chownk then along mt to be provided on Devak then to meet with either side of the road Battal Ballian road to Reservation meet Bye pass and then Foot path to be provided to Dhar road.)
R2 (B) 1. Linear road 1 – portion Right of High speed and high of existing Bye pass not way as capacity road included in R1 and R2 exists Road will carry both inter (A) Now but and intra city traffic 2. Linear road 2 - portion carriage Dual/ single Carriage of Dhar road not way Way included in R1 and R2 should Well defined Road (A) not be Junctions 3. Battal Ballian Road - less than No Building Zone of 5 starting Saila Talab upto 10 mt to be provided on Battal Ballain bus stand. meters. either side of the road Bye pass reservation road and dhar road are proposed to be for 4 laining. Category of Roads Description Right of Remarks way R3 Circular road around core 30 m Road will carry both inter and city / and other major roads wide but intra city traffic of the city and shopping Carriage streets/sector roads way · Provision of adequate should
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not be parking less than 10 meters where road frontage used for urbanization R4 Roads other than R4 carrying 18 m But Distributor roads carrying intra city traffic within the carriage city traffic provided with residential areas way footpaths should not less than 7 meters. R5 Roads providing access to 10 meter Providing accessibility at the individual houses but local leve carriage way should not less than 5 meters.
R6 Alternative link road from 25m By way of providing Omara chowk to Kalar wide alternative link road from chowk via C.E.O office omara chowk to kalar chowk 4 lane via C.E.O office will reduce the congestion between omara chowk to venus chowk via sailan talab
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Subject to the provisions of road width specified above and the D.C.R, no road in the L.P.A will have a width less than 10
No-building zone along the Highway and Bye passes, as defined above shall be subjected to the notification issued by NHAI.
Width of the railway land/ line and ROW of the road network (both existing and proposed) shown on the Existing Landuse Plan and Proposed Landuse Plan in Udhampur LPA are indicative only.
6.4.1.1. Footpath
The width of footpaths is listed as below:
Minimum width 1 m
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Adjoining shopping frontage At least 3 m
Longer shopping Frontage Minimum 4 m
Width should be increased by 1m in case of city/district shopping areas
6.4.2. Proposals for Urban Roads (Widening/Strengthening Of Existing Roads within LPA)
The study of existing city road network reveals that there are several roads which are overcrowded carrying more volume of traffic than their carrying capacity. There is no possibility or scope of widening of existing Right of Way (R.O.W.) of these roads due to thickly built up areas existing within the city. If the volume of traffic on a road section exceeds the design capacity, the operating conditions will deteriorate. However, some measures of road engineering can be adopted for improving the capacity of these roads as per the guidelines defined by the Indian Road Congress for capacity enhancement of Urban Roads. Some of the measures proposed for enhancement of road capacity are detailed below:
1. Prohibiting on–street parking of vehicles and simultaneously developing off–street parking facility; 2. Segregating the bi-directional traffic flow by providing central verge/median; 3. Imposing selective restrictions on the heavy commercial vehicles on the busy arterial/ sub-arterial roads, especially during the peak hours; 4. Reduction of road side friction through control of abutting land–use and roadside commercial activity; Provision of adequate facilities for pedestrians. 5. Rationalising conflicting movements at major intersections, particularly during peak hours; 6. Minimizing the cross traffic and side–street traffic by regulating the gaps in the medians; and 7. Promoting traffic discipline such as proper lane use and over taking by involving stakeholders, through appropriate road markings, education and publicity.
The following urban roads in Local Planning Area, Udhampur have been identified and proposed for adopting the aforesaid traffic engineering measures.
1. NH-44 2. Bye-Pass Road 3. Bus Stand Road 4. Dhar Road 5. Devika Circular Road 6. Chari Sail Road
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7. Shiv Nagar Road 8. Omara Link Road 9. PTC Road 10. Railway Road 11. Roads inside the Core city area.
In addition, all the road widening projects being undertaken of Bye pass and Dhar road within the Udhampur urban limit shall form integral part of the road infrastructure development and shall be integrated with the proposal defined above.
6.4.3. Junction Improvements
In addition to inadequacy of road network in the Udhampur city, it has also been observed that the majority of road junctions have not been properly Planned, Designed and Constructed.
This has led to the creation of traffic bottlenecks at major junctions of the city besides causing delays and inconvenience to the road users. The congestion at few junctions has also led to large number of accidents. In order to rationalize the flow of traffic and minimized conflicts at the junctions carrying large volume of traffic, it is proposed to improve the road geometry at number of junctions that have recorded high rate of accidents.
Based on future travel travel demand it is recommended that immediate intersection improvements plans are to be prepared for below mentioned intersections. The below mentioned Road Junctions are already on roads having R/W 100fts.
While making improvement proposals by MUncilality and Udhampur Development Authority space for existing vendor‟s (260 rehari wall‟s registered with Muncipal Corporation) be carved out in without any allotment on permanent basis.
1. Salathia Ckowk 2. Junction of Bus stand road and NH-44 3. Jakhani Ckowk 4. Saila talab Bus stand Junction 5. Rehambal bye- pass Chownk 6. Jakhani bye- pass Chownk 7. Venus Chowk 8. Omara Chowk 9. M H Chowk 10. Domail Chowk
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11. Town Hall Chowk
6.4.4. Proposal for Public Transport (inter-city passenger demand)
With the rapid increase in number of personalized vehicle, city roads have become congested in the absence of efficient public transport system. As the city is growing in size and population, an efficient public transport system is required to be put in place immediately in order to reduce dependence on personalized vehicles and congestion on the existing city roads. Present bus stands i.e. main bus stand, sailan talab , salathia chowk , town hall are located in the heart of city and main reason of congestion and as such proposed to be shifted to the new proposed bus stand during first layer development . All buses in future to operate from this terminal. Adequate land area will have to be allocated to meet the terminal requirements imposed by the routing and scheduling of fleet from this terminal. It will have a deter mental effect on environment.
New bus routes are proposed as:-
1. Udhampur to Doda -Bhadarwah- Kistwar 2. Udhampur to Banihal -Ramban 3. Udhampur to Lati- Dhuna 4. Udhampur to Lander-Pancherry 5. Udhampur to Katra - Reasi 6. Udhampur to Jammu tawi 7. Udhampur to Ramnagar - Dudu - Basantgarh 8. Udhampur to Billawar, Kathua 9. Udhampur to Gordi 10. Udhampur to Srinagar
Mass Transport System( bus /matador routing plan )
As the proposed matador system is expected to capture a large share of traffic, It is necessary to plan out an appropriate routing plan in which all work centres will be connected to the residential areas. Secondly, it was important to route the matadors on roads which would ensure faster transit .It is also necessary to ensure that most of the matadors are so routed not to get channelized on to already busy roads in the central area. With these consideration three interchanges (Intrastate terminals) for mass transportation are proposed i.e. at Flata Chowk, Roun Domail (Ramnagar Railway Station) and Near Jakhani Park as shown on the plan. The matador‟s routes will be formulated on an ring system of operation.
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However after the proposed land use plan is approved and notified by the govt. Zonal development plans are to prepared similarity and land use related transport model be prepared by simulating the behavior and attitudes of the traveling public and also considering the likely development of new work centers and distribution of residential population.
6.4.5. Terminals 6.4.5.1. Proposed Bus Terminal
Considering the present location, it is proposed to shift existing bus stand within city to Sangoor village on the Bye Pass Road Near railway Station on the stretch of the road from intersection of Chari Sail road and bye- pass Road. Relocating Bus stand from its present location will rationalize inter and intra city traffic. It will also help in ensuring that all inter city traffic carried by Buses moves outside the city on the proposed ring roads and does not congest the city anymore. Shifting of existing Bus stand will be supplemented by an efficient system of public transport city bus service which will ensure the smooth transfer of passengers to their destination in different parts of city. New bus stand shall be constructed on an area of 25-30 acres or as per the requirement.
6.4.5.2. Proposed Truck Terminal cum Ware Houses
At present there is no this of facility present in the Udhampur, but demand of this facility has been arises due to the industrial establishment. The feasibility study of this facility has been done by Rites and the Site earmarked for it is overlapping with the proposed Housing colony, so as per the discussion with DDC Udhampur, the new site of Truck Terminal cum Warehouses has been proposed near the Ramnagar station. Total area earmarked for this facility is 76 acre. This would also help in achieving integration of the terminal with the existing Trade and Commerce and proposed Industrial Zone.
6.4.6. Proposed Parking Lot:-
With, ever increasing urban population and increasing trends of vehicle ownership due to improving economic status, the vehicular population in the Udhampur has been found to increase at a rapid pace. Due to rapid growth of the city, most of the core areas still have road network of narrow width, which is unable to accommodate large vehicular movement.
Accordingly, rapid growth of vehicle ownership has led to creation of major traffic bottlenecks due to absence of adequate and well-defined parking spaces. In the absence of such spaces most of the vehicles are parked on the roads leading to traffic congestion and problems in smooth movement of vehicles. Accordingly, in order to rationalize the movement of traffic in the city and to achieve the desired level of efficiency, in addition to creating new
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For providing adequate parking, different strategies are proposed for area within core city and other areas. Considering the typical character of the core city, it has already been proposed to decongest the core area by selective shifting of Trade and Commerce including Wholesale Market and Population. In order to achieve the objective of decentralization, it is proposed to pedestrianize majority of area of the core city. Accordingly, it is proposed that no surface parking should be created within the core city. In order to meet the parking requirements of the city, it is proposed to create adequate parking spaces outside the core city along the Circular road. These parking spaces shall be located along Circular Road, Saila Talab road, Dhar road and Bus Stand Road which should be to close vicinity to all entries which provides accessibility to the core city.
In case of areas outside the core city, the spaces for creating parking shall be identified in all commercial areas. The area will also include food court which will also be established in other parts of the city. In order to minimize the problem of parking in the city, particularly along the roads, no change of land use from residential to commercial shall be permitted. All the new areas to be developed shall have provision of parking based on the parking norms specified in the D.C.R. for different uses. Further, Municipal Council should also consider the option of charging parking fees from all vehicle owners at the time of registration of vehicle in order to generate funds for improving the road capacity/infrastructure/creating new linkages and for making provision of parking.
Traffic nodes like Bus Stand, Railway Station, and Truck Terminal are required to be provided with adequate spaces, both for motorized and non-motorized vehicles catering to the needs of the residents of the city. In addition, sites should also be identified for the auto rickshaw parking and should be leased out.
6.4.7. Pedestrianization Of Core City
Looking at the Heritage and Historical importance of the core city-Udhampur, it has been proposed to make Udhampur, a tourist city. Studies have already been made and reports have already been prepared to declare the Devika Temple as the Heritage Area. However, the scope of this exercise needs to be enlarged to cover the entire city in order to preserve its basic character.
The city at present suffers from large influx of vehicular movement on the narrow roads leading to congestion. Considering the large number of residents living in the area, major Trade and Commerce centers existing within the core city, it has been proposed to
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a. At the front of existing town hall building on the devak land as a bridge. b. At the site of DC office c. At the site of sailatalab Bus stand
6.5. Proposed water supply network of Udhampur:
A study has been already made by the PHE department of Udhampur under the scheme of Integrated Development of small and medium town and conceptual proposals for the water supply network has also proposed (Please refer Map). There is proposed to keep this proposal as it is by PHE department for the development of water supply network. In addition, it is also proposed that PHE department will coordinate with the Udhampur Development authority (proposed Agency at local level which is responsible for the implementation of master plan under the provision of Section 2. of Town development Act 1971) time to time for the implementation of water supply network priority wise.
6.6. Proposed solid waste management program:
As per the reference of letter No. 2796-280 dated 7-9-2012 of the office of the Executive Engineer, Sewerage and Drainage Division (West), Jammu, a process of land acquisition of the land for sanitary land fill site for Solid Waste Management project is under process, it is proposed that the site must be acquired by the Municipal Council, Udhampur immediately with the confirming requirement of state pollution control board but outside the Local Planning Area along Dhar road. In addition it is also proposed that detailed Solid Waste Management Project to be prepared for the proper Collection, Segregation, Transportation and Disposals of Generated Waste from the Udhampur Town which will be changed from time to time.
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6.7. Proposed Sewerage System:
As per the existing topography of Udhampur LPA, there is an opportunity to develop gravity based Sewerage System. As per the slope direction it is proposed that three trunk sewer lines should be developed. One along the Air force Nalah, which will act as a main collector of the eastern part of the LPA, other two along both banks of Devek River, which will become single on the meeting point of Beerwan and Devak, then moves along the east of Beerwan and side of Dudhar drain. The two trunk sewer will act as a main collector of the central and Western part of the whole LPA and also keep holy Devika free from the pollution because Holy Devika must be free from any sort of pollution due to its religious importance. It is also proposed that the sewer will be disposed in the River Tawi after treatment through Sewerage Treatment plant proposed ( as per the Slope) on the meeting point of River Tawi and Dudhar Dain.
6.8. Proposed Gas Pipe Line As per the study carried out by GAI gas pipe line for Udhampur Town is proposed along Dhar Road upto intersection of Dhar Road and Bye Pass Road further along Bye Pass Road upto Jakhani Intersection and onwords along NH 44. While laying the Gas pipe Line GAI should segregate it with adjacent developed area.
6.9. Strategies to obtain land for Public Purpose:
A city typically requires 40% to 50% of its area for variety of public purposes, where land is owned by the State Government, which is easier to allocate land for public purposes. However, where private land market is active, it is difficult to ensure land for public purpose and is a major challenge in preparing a master plan, Conventional master planning relied on the powers of compulsory acquisition of land designated for public purposes. However, limitations of this approach have been painfully exposed. At the same time not addressing the question of land for public purposes may limit the utility of the Master plan itself.
With this background, a wide menu of strategies to obtain land for public purposes is examined in this chapter. The land required for public purpose can be divided into four-fold classification as illustrated in diagram below:
Specific location Flexible location Positive impact on land Arterial Road network Parks, play grounds, schools prices etc Negative Impact of land Sewerage treatment plants, solid waste landfill site prices
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(In many cases necessity of a particular activity at the city scale is recognized e.g. Solid Waste Disposal Site or a Slaughterhouse, but they are locally undesirable and invoke “Not in My Backyard” response)
No single option can be used uniformly throughout the city. It has to be contextual, considering the location and the local issues including core areas v/s outlying areas. Similarly different alternatives may be suitable for different types of public purposes. The possible options for securing land for public purposes such as Roads, Educational, Health, Parks, Water Supply, Sewerage, Social and Religious Institutes, Old age homes, Community Centers etc with their limitations are listed below.
6.9.1. Transfer Development Rights:
Alternative to monetary compensation could be an award of Transfer of Development Rights either to remainder of the land or to a distant location. This could be in three generic cases viz.
Roads and Road widening: Development rights calculated at the FAR permissible in adjoining area may be allowed to be used in the remainder of the plot up to a limit. Development rights that cannot be so consumed can be transferred elsewhere in receiving areas. If FAR is related to width of the road, resistance to widening may get reduced.
Public purposes on open land or exclusive plots: Lands required for parks and playgrounds or exclusive uses like Secondary School, Fire Station etc can be obtained by providing TDRs in lieu of compensation. However, price differentials in originating and receiving zones could be considered as an incentive in such cases.
Public purposes that require built-up space but not necessarily exclusive plot: Examples of this could be Municipal Vegetable Market, Library etc. In such cases, landowner may be permitted to use the full potential of development in terms of FAR over the plot provided, offers the built up space required for the public purpose to the local body.
6.9.2. Through Town Development Act 1971
Under section 16 of town development act 1961 of J & K the Compulsory acquisition of land is as follows:-
a) If in the opinion of the Government, any land is required for the development, or for any other purpose under this Act, the Government may acquire such land under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990.
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b) Where any land has been acquired by the Government, the Government may, after it has taken possession of the land, transfer the land to the Development Authority (Proposed) for the purpose for which the land has been acquired on payment by the Authority of the compensation awarded under that Act and the charges incurred by the Government in connection with the acquisition.
And Under section 19 of this Act - The Authority shall have and maintain its own fund to which shall be credited:-
a) All moneys received by the Authority from the Central or State Government by way of grants, loans, advances or otherwise b) all money borrowed by the Authority from source other than the Government by way of loans or debentures: c) all fees and charges received by the Authority under this Act; d) all money received by the Authority from the disposal of lands, buildings and other properties, movable and immovable; and all moneys received by the Authority by way of rents and profits or in any other manner or from any other source.
6.9.3. Through Land Pooling (Town Development Schemes):-
As per the provisions of page 73-75 UDPFI (Chapter 7) of UDPFI guidelines, the concerned authority may for the purpose of implementation of the provision of the Master Plan or for providing amenities where the same are not available or are inadequate, frame the Town Development Scheme and land for various amenities can be earmarked as per the provisions of this scheme. The strategic approach would relate to geographically depicting the sites required for public purpose and proposing regulatory framework for obtaining the land for public purpose whether shown on the plan or not. For this, master plan has to consider various options as defined below. However, these options have their own limitations and have uses selectively based on the ground reality, existing conditions, development potentials, involving private sector, etc
Table 6.4:-Strategy for Obtaining Land for Public Purpose
Alternative Land TDR Land Pooling Govt Land/ Acquisition ACT Panchayat land Plan proposals Land designated Land Land designated Land for public designated for for public designated for purposes public purposes purposes public purposes Regulation No separate Regulation This requires a No separate
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regulatory about use of separate legal regulatory provision TDR on process to be provision necessary receiving plots followed for necessary is necessary reconstitution of plots along with evaluation of compensation and betterment Means of Compulsory Monetary -As Above- Land can be securing land acquisition by compensation made available paying monetary substituted by through compensation Transfer of transfer of Development ownership Rights (TDR) from one department to another. No monetary compensation is involved. Limitations Lack of finances Lack of Comprehensive Locational for compensation finances for Land Pooling disadvantages compensation Policy is in certain required to be cases framed Landowners‟ Landowners‟ Difficulty in Minimum area resistance Resistance pooling of land requirement of large number may not be of owners. fulfilled Inequitous Inequitous Time consuming Source of distribution of distribution of and complicated revenue for costs and costs and process Panchayat benefits. Cost benefits. Cost Bodies gets borne by those borne by those depleted. who lose land and who lose land benefits enjoyed and benefits by surrounding enjoyed by landowners surrounding landowners But where real Equitable estate prices are distribution of high costs and particularly benefits to where land different share
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price is several holders. times the construction cost, chances of success are high Could also be used for heritage conservation New concept New concept difficult to be difficult to be implemented implemented.
Given the details included in the Master Plan, it is not possible to specify which of the above techniques will be used for obtaining land for public purpose. This must be framed by the development authority under the provisions of section 47 and 54 and 55 of Town development act during implementation.
6.10. Space Norms and Standards:
For implementation of the Master Plan and for working out the requirements for different amenities, space norms and standards have been defined for different socio-economic infrastructure to be developed in the city including its spatial distribution in order to ensure its equitable distribution within different parts of the city. However, heritage buildings shall be governed by a system of specific guidelines to be framed for such buildings involving adaptive re-use through multiple uses such as Residential, Commercial, Social, and Cultural to promote conservation and preservation of such sites. The adaptive use shall be based on the detailed study and analysis of such historical buildings.
6.10.1. Planning Norms for Educational Institutions
For ascertaining the need and requirement of various levels and categories of educational institutions in the context of the city, planning norms have been worked based on the basis of population in order to ensure that educational facilities of desired quantity and quality are available uniformly to the entire population including their spatial distribution. Further, the norms have been defined in terms of areas to be provided under each unit. The level of facilities to be provided have been categorized into general-purpose education at the School level, Undergraduate and Post graduate level besides Technical and Professional Institutions and Universities. Based on above, the norms for educational institutions have been detailed as under:
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Table 5.5: Norms for Educational institutions
Category Populati Uni Strengt Area in hectares Remarks on ts hs of Built up Play field Tota student Area l s General Education till 10+2 1. Pre 2500 1 0.08 Location primary, close to Nursery park with School minimum of vehicular Traffic 2. Primary 5000 1 500 0.20 0.20 0.40 Location School close to (class 1-5) park with minimum of vehicular Traffic, Minimu m Play area of 18 m X 36 m to be ensured. 3. Nursery – 5000 1 750 0.25 0.25 0.50 As above cum primary School upto class 5 4. Senior 7500 1 1000 0.60 1.00 1.60 Minimu secondary m play school field area class 6-12 of 68 m x 126 m to be ensured. 5. Integrated 90000- 1 1500 0.70 2.50 + 3.50 Minimu school 100000 parking of m play
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without 0.30 field area hostel of 68 m x facility 126 m to class 1-12 be ensured 6 Integrated 90000- 1 1000 0.70+0.40 as 2.50+ 3.90 Minimu school 100000 hostel area parking m play with area of field area hostel 0.30 of 68 m x facility 126 m to class 1-12 be ensured 7 School for 45000 400 0.20 0.30 0.50 handicapp ed B Higher Education 8 College 100000 1000- 1.80+0.40 for 1.80+parki 4.50 1500 Residential/ho ng stel area0.50 9 University 2000000 60 1 ITI + 100000 400+50 ITI 0 Polytechn 0 (1.60 ic ) POL Y 2.40 1 Engineeri 500000 1500- 6.00 1 ng 1700 College 1 Managem 500000 240 2.00 2 ent Institute 1 Medical 1000000 500 15 Includes 3 College Space For General Hospitali ze.
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1. One crèche for a population of 25,000 in an area of 0.05 hectare shall be provided. This could be made integral part of any category of educational institutions with addition of the area of the crèche. 2. Number of units in each category shall be based on the population prescribed above. In case any facility does not found the threshold population it does not mean that facility will not be provided in the town. Such facility can be provided on the basis of the regional nature of town but the space norms must be followed as above. 3. The open space shall be designed in a manner to ensure that they are also made available to the community as play area during the time when it is not being used by the institution. 4. Adequate area for plantation shall also be earmarked in order to improve the quality of environs and area under green cover. Adequate parking arrangement for buses, vehicles of students/staff shall be made. 5. Unless specified in the zoning plan and building byelaws, the ground coverage, FAR, height for various categories of buildings shall be as under Table 6.6: Permissible Levels of Education Facilities Category Maximum ground Maximum FAR coverage (%) permissible height (meters) Nursery school 40 8 0.75 Primary school 40 8 0.75 Higher secondary 33 15 1 school Colleges 33 15 1 Professional 25 20 1
Basement shall be allowed in each category of building under the built up area up to the maximum extent of ground coverage. It shall be used for parking, services, storage etc. It shall not be used for habitable purposes. No classes or other student‟s activities shall be held in the basement. Basement area shall not be counted towards FAR.
In case of large institutions, area for academics, residential, sports and cultural activities, parks and landscape shall be clearly defined. The area shall not exceed 45% under academics. and 25% under residential, whereas it shall not be less than 15% for sports and cultural activities and 15% for parks and landscape.
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6.10.2. Norms for the Health Care Facilities
Health care facilities shall be provided and distributed in such a manner that it covers the entire area and the population in order to make the facility available to every resident of the town irrespective of his location or place of residence. It must cover all the land uses including Residential, Commercial, and Industrial, Institutional etc. A well-defined hierarchy will be essential to meet both the basic and specialized needs of the health care. Appropriate policy framework would be critical to provide for greater role of private sector in Healthcare by making available required proportion of site for the sector. The Healthcare Facilities of various grades to be provided in the town/city shall be based on the following norms:-
Table 6.7:-Norms for Health Facilities
Sr. no Category Population Unit Area(Hectares) Remarks 1 Nursing 7500 1 0.10 Capacity of home 5-10 beds 2 Dispensary 15000 1 0.12-0.15 For outdoor treatment only 3 Health centre 50000 1 0.4 Capacity of 25 -30 beds 4 Polyclinic 100000 1 0.4 with some observation beds 5 Intermediate 100000 1 0.10 capacity of Hospital (Residential 80 beds with (category B) 0.4) initial provision of Hospital 0.6) 50 including 20 maternity
beds 6 Intermediate 100000 1 3.70 capacity of Hospital 200 beds (category A) Hospital 2.70 with initial provision of Residential 1.00 100 beds 7 General 250000 1 6 capacity of Hospital 500 beds with initial
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Hospital 4 provision of 300 beds Residential 2 8 District level At each 1 9 capacity of hospital district 200 beds Hospital 6 with initial provision Residential 3 of 100 beds
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1. In case of specific requirements for medical facilities other than those indicated above, additional sites may be provided for catering to specialize needs ofhealthcare. 2. If Medical colleges shall be provided it also include provision of medical hospital of 500 beds as integral part of the complex. 3. Additional sites may be provided in case of Regional/National level healthcare institutes which are to be located as part of the city.
The Height, Ground Coverage, FAR, Setbacks for various sites shall be as defined in the Building Bye-Laws, Zoning plans and Development Control regulations.
6.10.3. Norms for Fire Station
One Fire Station/Sub-Fire station to be provided within distance of 1-3 kms covering a population of 2,00,000 of 1 hectare each Fire Station needs to be co-ordination with water supply system to provide for fire hydrants/water tanks. Fire services to be fully equipped to deal with fire accidents in the multi storied Buildings and buildings in the narrow streets of old city
6.10.4. Norms for Security - Police, Civil Defence and Home Guard
Table 6.8: Norms for Police, Civil Defence and Home Guard
S.no Category Population per Minimum area Remarks unit ha 1 Police Station 90000 1.50 In case of civil defense and
home guard
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additional area of
0.05 hectare to be provided.
Area includes essential residential accommodation 2 Police post 40000-50000 0.16 Area includes essential residential accommodation
To be provided where area is not served by Police Station 3 District office 1000000 4.80 (4 for and battalion battalion and 0.80 for offices 4 Police lines 2000000 4-6 hac 5 District jail 1000000 10
6.10.5. Social Cultural Facilities
Table 6.9: Socio Cultural Norms
Category Population per unit Minimum area in hec Community room 5000 0.1 Community centre and 15000 0.25 library Recreational club 100000 1 Music drama centre 100000 0.15 Meditation and spiritual 100000 0.5 centre Religious Sites 15000 0.10
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6.10.6. Sports Activities
Category Population per unit Minimum area Residential unit play area 5000 0.5 Neighborhood play area 15000 1.50 District sport centre 100000 1.80
6.10.7. Postal Facilities
Category Population per unit Minimum area sqm Remarks Post office counter To be provided in 15000 85 without delivery the shopping centre Head Post Office Head Post Office with 250000 750 &Administrative delivery office Office Head Post Office & 500000 2500 Administrative Office
6.10.8. Telephone & Telegraphs
Category Population per unit Minimum area sqm Remarks Telephone exchange 400000 4 hec for 40000 lines To be provided as Telegraph booking 100000 200 sqm part of the counter commercial area Telegraph booking 500000 1700 sq m and delivery office
6.10.9. Norms for the Commercial Areas
Table 6.10: Commercial area norms
Category Population served As per the class of Area per 1000 Udhampur as persons sqm Medium town Cluster centre 1000-4000 Yes 220 Sector centre 5000-20000 Yes 300 Community centre 25000-100000 Yes 500 District centre 125000-500000 Yes 880 Sub city centre 25-50 lakh No --
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City centre above 50 lakh No --
Hierarchy to be followed for Commercial Centre
1. Formal Shopping 2. Convenient Shopping to be provided at cluster level 3. Local shopping to be provided at neighborhood sector level 4. Community Centre to be provided for a group of sectors 5. District Centre to be provided at the level of group of community centre‟s 6. Sub City Centre to be provided at the level of sub city 7. City Centre to be provided at city level 8. Local Wholesale Market to be provided at city level 9. Informal shopping 10. Weekly Markets to be provided for group of sectors 11. Organized informal eating space to be provided at the traffic nodes
Note:
1. Above hierarchy of commercial areas to be provided depending upon the size of the city. 2. In case of small towns, shopping at housing cluster, sector and community levels shall be provided. 3. In case of medium towns, shopping at housing cluster, sector, community & district levels shall be provided. 4. In case of large towns/cities, shopping at housing cluster, sector, community, district, sub – city & city levels shall be provided. 5. All shopping areas are to be provided with adequate parking as per the prescribed norms
As Udhampur falling in the medium class town shopping at housing cluster, sector, community & district levels shall be provided.
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Chapter 7: Development Controls And Regulations
The purpose of the Development Control Regulations (D.C.R) is to assist all the stakeholders including developers and end-users within the Local Planning Area, Udhampur, to strive for a Sustainable, Quality and Environment friendly development.
These Development Control Regulations are applicable to the entire set of existing and proposed developments that are going to come up within the Local Planning Area. The developers are required to comply with the provisions of Zoning and Landuse Plans defined in the Master Plan. However, Development Schemes/ Projects, which have already been approved by the Competent Authority, shall continue to be governed by the terms and conditions stipulated for their approvals.
The Chapter lays down the procedural framework for exercising the development Rules: “Development” in the Town Development 1971 act has been defined as:
"Development" with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building, engineering quarrying or extraction or manufacture of building materials or other operations in, on, over or under land, or "erecting or reerecting" of any building or land and include redevelopment”
In order to achieve the basic objectives of planned and orderly development within the planning area, following Regulations have been stipulated into two parts
7.1. Building bye laws
7.1.1Residential
The residential areas are developed either as: a) Plotted Development or b) Group Housing/ Flatted Development. The density pattern i.e. (high density, medium density or low density) are followed for working out the pattern of development with respect to the size of the plot to number of dwelling units on each plot, setbacks, FAR and no. of storey’s/ height of the building. The development norms for different use/ activities and on different size of plots shall be applied for sanctioning of the plan. These are based on development control rules applicable to Municipality as per Master Plan/ Zonal Plan/ Layout Plan.
Residential use in designated core area of old city:
The designated area of old city shall compromise of the congested part of the city. In essence it shall comprise of the densely populated wards of the old city.
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Max. Ground Coverage permissible - 75%
No. of storeys - Ground + 2
Note:
No building shall be allowed on lands with more than 30% slope. Building line for proposed building shall be governed by Ribbon Development Act and National Highway building line respectively.
Minimum size plots:
The minimum plot size for economically weaker section of society may be 25 Sq. mts plot coverage, No. of permissible storey and setbacks are given in the following table:-
Plotted Housing:
Area Max. Set Back Limits (Minimum) S. No. of Type of Ground No (In Sq Storeys Const Front Rear Side Side Coverage mt) (M) (M) (M) (M) 1. 25-100 75% G+2 Row 1.5 1.0 0 0
2. 101-250 65% G+2 Row 3.5 1.5 0 0
Semi- 3. 251-350 55% G+2 4.0 2 2 0 detached Semi- 4. 351-450 50% G+2 6.0 2 2 0 detached 5. 451-500 45% G+2 Detached 7.5 2 3 2 6. 501-1000 40% G+2 Detached 8.5 3 3 2 Above 7. 1000 35% G+2 Detached 12 3 3 2 Sqm
Note:
i) No side set backs shall be required in plots of irregular proportions/ dimensions upto the width of 30 feet. Minimum front set back of 5’ and rear set back of 3’ shall be permitted in cases where depth of such irregular plots is upto 40 feet. However, there
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shall be no change in permissible ground coverage, No. of storeys and height of the building as given in the table above.
ii) Height of each storey in a residential house should not be less than 3.0 mts. Staircase, mounty height upto 2.5 mts shall be in addition to G+2 storeys permissible.
iii) Garage/ Porch to the extent of 16.00 Sqmts each shall be allowed in semi-detached and detached houses. Room over porch only on one storey shall be allowed.
iv) Mezzanine floor shall not be allowed in residential area.
v) Basement shall not be permitted in residential plots of Govt. approved colony.
vi) The height of basement shall not exceed 2.6 mts from finished floor to slab soft.
I. Regulations for Private/ Public Developers
i) Group Housing/ Flatted Development:
In Plains In Hills
Minimum plot size 0.40 ha (4000 Sqm) 0.40 ha (4000 Sqm)
Max. Ground Coverage 40% 30%
Max. FAR 240% 150%
Maximum Height 40 mts. 15 mts
Min. Setbacks to be determined @ one- third of the height of each building or 25’-0”
Note:
a) Basement, if constructed and used for parking, services and for essential storage shall not be counted in FAR. b) The quantum of basement varies between 33. 1/3% to 75% of the plot area and shall not be included in FAR if used for Parking/ Services. c) In-house back-up facilities to be provided for buildings beyond four storeys. d) Minimum 1 ECS per dwelling unit shall be provided for MIG and HIG Housing. e) Stilts, Balconies, lift stairs, lift ducts shall not be counted in FAR.
ii) Housing Colonies: 1. A person or group of persons or a co-operative society or firm intending to plot out an estate into more than 4 plots (1000 Sqm or more) shall give notice in writing to the competent authority which will be accompanied by a layout plan of entire land
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showing the areas allotted for roads, open spaces, plot and public buildings, the specification of the roads, drains and other infrastructures.
2. Min. Width of road
i) Housing colony upto 50 Kanals
Entry from the main road shall not be less than 30’ and no internal road shall be less than 20’-0”.
ii) Housing colony beyond 50 Kanals.
Entry from the main road shall not be less than 50’ and no internal road shall be less than 20’-0”.
3. Roads, Drains, water mains and electric lines required for the colony shall be constructed by the developer at his own cost and no plot shall be eligible for any services and utilities from the Govt. and/or Municipality unless the colony is developed properly and approved by the competent authority. No building plan shall be considered by the Municipality or prescribed authority in any plot of such a colony which has not received the prior approval of the competent Authority.
4. No housing colony can be allowed in the area not specified as the residential in the proposed Master Plan (if approved by Govt.) unless considered in any special circumstances by the competent authority with the approval of govt. In such housing colonies, the following standards shall apply:-
a) Area under roads: Min. 15% to 20% of the total area of land under the proposed colony.
b) Land to be allotted for open spaces, schools and public building for a housing colony of 20 plots and above shall not be less than 15% of the total area of the colony. However, if the competent authority feels that an open space or a school site is absolutely necessary within the layout plan of less than 20 plots; necessary provision shall have to be made by the developer in the layout plan.
5. No housing colony will have shop plots of more than one for every ten plots. After the developed land is sold by the developer the roads and drains etc. constructed by the developer shall be transferred to the Municipality for their maintenance. Area under commercial use shall be 4% to 5%.
6. Land use of the layout plan approved by the competent authority shall not be changed without the prior consent of the competent authority.
Open spaces allocated for parks, play-fields, school sites and public building in a colony shall be deemed to have been sold along with the plots as a amenities of the colony by the developer to the plot holders of the colony.
No permission shall be accorded for construction of a building in any notified area which shall cause nuisance by way of odor, smoke, noise or disturbance to
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inhabitants of the locality or be injurious to health of the residents of the buildings or to the inhabitants in the surrounding areas.
7.1.2 COMMERCIAL USE:
A. Single Shops:
Plot Area less than 100 Sqmts
Max. Ground Coverage 80%
In Plains:
No. of Storeys G+2
Max. Height 11 mts
Max. FAR 240%
In Hills:
No. of Storeys G+1
Maximum Height 9 mts.
Max. FAR 160%
Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road.
B. Shopping Cluster:
a) Plot Area 100 Sqmt- 750 Sqmts
In Plains:
Max. Ground Coverage 60%
Max. FAR 180%
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Maximum Height 15 mts.
In hills:
No. of Storeys G+1
Max. Ground Coverage 60%
Max. FAR 120%
Maximum Height 9 mts
Set Backs:
Front setbacks to be governed by the approved building line of the abutting road. Rear set back should be 3 mts and side set back should be 3 mts on one side only upto plot of 500 Sqm & 10’-0” on both sides for area more than 500 Sqm.
C. Commercial Complex:
a.) Plot Area 751 Sqmts to 4000 sqmts
Max. Ground Coverage 45%
In Plains In Hills
No. of Storeys G+3 G+2
Max. FAR 180% 135%
Max. Height 20 mts. 12 mts
Set Backs:
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Front setback shall be governed by the building line or 20 ft from the plot line whichever is more. Rear 1/3rd of the height of the building and sides 10’-0” on each side.
b.) Plot Area More than 4000 Sqm
Max. Ground Coverage 40%
Max. FAR 200%
Max. Height 25 mts.
Set Backs:
Front setback to be governed by the building line or 40 ft from the plot line whichever is more.
Side Setback 10’-0” on each side.
Rear Setback 1/3rd of the height
Note:
Shopping permissible on ground and 1st floor only.
Commercial use Zone:
The use, coverage., FAR, setbacks, open spaces shall be as per provisions of Master plan/ Development Plan approved by the Govt. or as per the simplified development promotions, regulations of the urban development plan formulation and implementation guidelines and where these are silent on such issues or which requires interpretations, the norms decided by the authority shall apply. The permission of uses/ use activities in premises shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Master Plan/ zonal plan/ layout plan.
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Note:
Height of mumty / lift wall above the terrace shall be in addition to the prescribed height.
D. Cinemas/ Cineplex:
Plot Area 0.40 hec or 4000 Sqm
Max. Ground Coverage 50%
Max. FAR 150%
However the height of the building should not be more than 30 mts. Other regulations as proposed in Cinematography Act shall apply in this case.
Front set back shall be governed by building line of the road or 30 ft from the plot line whichever is more.
Rear and side setbacks shall be 1/3rd of the height of the building
E. Hotels:
a.) Plot Area 1000-2000 Sqmts
Max. Ground Coverage 40%
In Plains
No. of Storeys G+5
Max. FAR 200%
Max. Height 25 mts.
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In Hills
No. of Storeys G+3
Max. FAR 150%
Max. Height 16 mts
b.) Plot Area 2000 Sqmts and above
Max. Ground Coverage 35%
In Plains
No. of Storeys G+5
Max. FAR 200%
Max. Height 25 mts.
In Hills
No. of Storeys G+3
Max. FAR 150%
Max. Height 16 mts.
Set Backs:
Front setback to be governed by the building line or 20 ft from the plot line whichever is more.
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Side and rear setbacks should be minimum 1/3rd of the height of the building or 3 mts whichever is more.
Parking:
Minimum 1 ECS for 3 guest rooms plus 1 ECS for 4 seats in case of restaurant & bar. If banquet hall is to be provided in Hotel, the prevailing norms given in for banquet hall shall apply over and above.
F. Multiplexes:
Definition:- Multiplex complex shall mean an integrated entertainment and shopping Centre/ complex having at least 2 cinema halls/ PVRs. The minimum area on which this use shall be permitted should not be less than 0.40 Hectares, or 4000 Sqmts. Apart from cinema halls, the multiplexes shall also have a restaurant, fast food, outlet, pubs, Health spas/ centers, hotels and other recreational activities. The shopping center may have retail outlet, video games, parlor’s, bowling alleys, health centers, shopping malls, office space.
Existing cinema halls can be considered for conversion into a multiplex by the Building Permission Authority provided it has a minimum plot area of 4000 Sqmts.
Land Use:
Multiplex may also be permitted on land earmarked for commercial use or cinema halls in the approved Master Plans/ Development Plans.
Bye Laws:
Minimum Plot Area 4000 Sqmts or 0.40 hectares
Maximum Ground Coverage 40%
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Maximum FAR 200%
Maximum height of Building 20 mts.
Side setbacks:
Front setback to be governed by the building line of the road on which a multiplex is proposed. In case it is not facing any major road the minimum front setback for a multiplex should be 12 mts from the plot line. Rear and side setbacks shall be minimum 1/3rd of the height of the structure or 6 mts whichever is minimum.
Parking:
Three level basement parking will be permissible within the complex. Parking under the basement shall be permissible over 75% of the plot area subject to a minimum set back of 3 mtrs, on all sides. 15% of the basement area shall be reserved for locating services like Generator Room, Electric Room/ Plant Room etc. Portion of the basement where these services are proposed should be segregated suitably from the other uses so as to ensure adequate safeguards against the hazards.
Parking space to be provided within the proposed multiplex shall be @ 2 car space for every 100 Sqmts of floor space.
Area to be considered under parking in basement/ stilts/ open shall be as under:
i) Basement 28 Sqmts per car space
ii) Stilts 23 Sqmts per car space
iii) Open to Sky 18 Sqmts per car space
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Note:
Area under parking/ services in the basement floor and stilts shall not be counted towards the calculation of FAR.
G. Janjghar/ Community Center/ Banquet Hall:
Minimum Plot Area 1.5 acres (12 Kanals) Max. Ground Coverage 30%
No. of Storeys G + 2
Max. FAR 100%
Max. Height 15 mts
Set Backs:
Front setback to be governed by the building line or 30 ft from the plot line whichever is more.
Side and rear setbacks shall be minimum 1/3rd of the height of the building.
H. Ware Housing, Storage Vegetables & Fruit Mandis:
Minimum Plot area 2.5 Hec (25000 Sqm)
Maximum Coverage 25%
FAR 100%
Max. Height 15 mts.
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I. Petrol Pumps:
The following regulations are recommended for locating petrol pumps cum service stations:-
i. Minimum distance from the road intersections. a. 50 mts. on roads having R/W upto 30 mts b. 100 mts. on roads having R/W more than 30 mts ii. The minimum distance to the property line of Pump from the center line of the road should not be less than 15 meters on roads having less than 30 mts R/W. In case of road having 30 mts. or more R/W building line of the road should be protected. iii. Plot Size (Minimum); a. Only filing station 30 mts. X 17 mts. b. Filling cum service Station minimum size 36 mts x 30 mts. c. Frontage of the plot should not be less than 30 mts. d. Longer side of the plot should be the frontage. e. New petrol pump shall not be located on any road having R/W less than 15 mts. b) Other Controls:
i. Filling cum Service Station (Size 30 mt. x 36 mts. And above.)
i. Ground Coverage 20 % ii. FAR 20% iii. Max. Height 6 mts iv. Canopy Equivalent to permissible ground coverage within setback line. v. Front Setback 6 mts (min) or B/L whichever is more
ii. Filling Station (Size 30 mt x 17 mts)
i. Ground Coverage 10 % ii. FAR 10% iii. Max. Height 6 mts iv. Canopy Equivalent to permissible ground
Coverage within setback line
v. Front Setback 3 mts (min) or b/l whichever is most
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c) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mother Station
i. Plot Size (minimum) 36 mt. x 30 mt.
ii. Max. Ground Coverage 20 %
iii. Max. Height 4.5 mt. (Single Storey)
iv. Building Component Control room /office /dispensing room, Store, Pantry and W.C
d) Other Regulations:-
i. Shall be accepted to Explosive /Fire Deptt. ii. Ground Coverage will exclude canopy area iii. Mezzanine if provided will be counted in FAR iv. Whenever the plot is more than 33 mt x 45 mt. development norms shall be restricted to as applicable to the size i.e. 33 mt x 45 mt both in urban and rural areas.
7.1.3 PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC/ INSTITUTIONAL USE:
A- Government Offices:
Max. Ground Coverage 35%
Max. Far 175%
Max. Height 20 mts
Set Backs:
Front setback to be governed by the building line or 30 ft from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side set backs shall be minimum 1/3rd of the height of the building.
Note:
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1. The integrated office complex shall include Central Govt. Offices, local Govt. offices, public sector undertaking offices, courts and other Govt. offices, institutions. 2. Basement upto the building envelops to the maximum extent of 75% of the plot area shall be allowed and if used for parking and services, the same should not be counted towards FAR.
B- Educational: a) Nursery School:
Minimum Plot Area 750 Sqmt
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 50%
Maximum Height 9 mts
Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 20’ from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side setbacks should be 3 mts.
b) Primary School:
Minimum Plot Area 2000 Sqmts
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
In Plains In Hills
Maximum FAR 75% 50%
Maximum height 15 mts 9mts.
Set Backs:
Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 20’ from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side setbacks should be 1/3rd of the height of the building.
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Note: School for handicapped shall have the same norms as the primary school.
c) Middle School:
Minimum Plot Area 4000 Sqmts
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
In Plains In Hills
Maximum FAR 100% 75%
Maximum Height 15 mts 12 mts.
Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 30’ from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side set backs should be 1/3rd of the height of the building.
d) High/ Higher Secondary School:
Minimum Plot Area 7500 Sqm.
Maximum Ground Coverage 25% including Hostel/ Residential
Accommodation for staff
In Plains In Hills
Maximum FAR 100% 75%
Maximum Height 18 mts 12 mts.
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Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 30’ from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side set backs should be 1/3rd of the height of the building.
e) College:
Minimum Plot Area 30000 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 25% including Hostel/ Admin. Block/ Residential accommodation for staff.
In Plains In Hills
Maximum FAR 100% 75%
Maximum Height 18 mts 12 mts.
Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 30’ from the plot line whichever is more. Rear and side setbacks should be 1/3rd of the height of the building.
Note:
i) In case of specialized professional institutions like B. Ed Colleges, Law Colleges, Coaching Centers, Tutorials etc. plot area limitation shall be regulated by the Building Permission Authority on the merits of the case in accordance with the requirements/ guide lines of the regulating authority like Medical Council of India, AICTE, UGC etc. ii) Minimum road width in front should not be less than 12 mts. iii) Basement up to the building envelope to the maximum extent of 50% plot area shall be allowed and if used for parking and services should not be counted for FAR.
f) Educational and Research Center, (Large campus i.e. above 8 ha.):
i) Academic including Administration (45% of the total land area):
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Max. Ground Cov. 20% In Plains In Hills Max. FAR 80% 60% Max. Height 20 mts 12 mts
ii) Residential (25% of the total land area):
Regulations as provided in group housing/ flatted development shall apply.
iii) Sports and Cultural Activities (15% of the total land area):
Maximum Ground Coverage 10%
Maximum FAR 15%
iv) Parks and Landscape Areas (15%of the total land area):
Note:
Basement below the ground floor and to the maximum extent of ground coverage shall be allowed and if used for parking and services should not be counted in FAR.
C- Health:
Hospital:
Minimum Plot Area 6000 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum height 18 mts
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Note:
i) Area to be used for housing of essential staff is indicated in the norms for health facilities. In such an area the regulations of group housing shall apply. ii) Basement below the ground floor and to the extent of ground coverage shall be allowed and if used for parking and services should not be counted in FAR. iii) Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 30’ from the plot line whichever is more. iv) Minimum rear and side setbacks should be 1/3rd of the height of the building.
a) Health Center/ Nursing Home:
Minimum Plot Area 1000 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 35%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum height 15 mts
Note:
i) Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 20’ from the plot line whichever is more. ii) Minimum rear and side set backs should be 1/3rd of the height of the building or 10’- 0”.
7.1.4 Facilities And Amenities:
i. Religious Premises:
Plot Area 500 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 30%
Maximum FAR 60%
Maximum height 11 mts
(Excluding minars, shikahrs and Domes) ii. Police Post:
Plot Area 500 Sqm
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Maximum Ground Coverage 35%
Maximum FAR 70%
Maximum height 12 mts
iii. Police Station/ Fire Station
Plot Area 10000 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum height 15 mts
iv. Post & Telegraph Office
Plot Area 500 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum height 15 mts
v. General (Public & Semi Public Premises)
Plot Area 500 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum height 15 mts
IV Non- Residential Premises:
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i) Hostel
Maximum Ground Coverage 25%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum Height 15 m
Min. No. of occupants 40
Note:
i. Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 25 ft from the plot line. The rear and side set back shall be 1/3rd of the height of the building or 10’-0”. ii. Min. road width should not be less than 12 mts. iii. Basement up to the building envelope to the max. extent of 50% of plot area shall be allowed & if used for parking & services should not be counted in FAR
ii) Guest House, Boarding House and Lodging House
Minimum Plot Size 500 Sqm.
Maximum ground Coverage 33.33%
Maximum FAR 100%
Maximum Height 18 m
Parking @ 1.0 ECS for every 100 Sqm. shall be provided within own premises.
Note:
a) Front set back shall be governed by the building line of the road or 20 ft from the plot line. The rear and side set back shall be 1/3rd of the height of the building or 10’-0” . b) Max. No of rooms shall be 12 (double bed room).
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7.1.5 PARKING STANDARD:
The following table may be referred for deciding the parking norms for different use zones/ activity depending upon local vehicle ownership mass transportation and parking needs.
S.No Use/ Use Permitted Equivalent Car Spaces (ECS) per 100 Sqm of floor area Residential 1 ECS for each dwelling unit for MIG & HIG having covered area above 800 Sft , 1 ECS for LIG having Group Housing area between 500 to 799 and 0.5 ECS for EWS.. 1. Commercial :
i) Wholesale, retail, 2.0 per 100 Sqm of total built up area on all floors. shopping, office & Area under lifts/ stairs, ducts, balconies shall not be Hotels counted while calculating parking.
ii) Cinemas 1 ECS for 10 seats
iii) Community/ Banquet Hall/ Janjghar Minimum 100 ECS upto an area of 12 Kanals in case the area is more 6 car spaces shall be added
after every additional 1 kanal of area.
iv) Restaurant /Fast food Bar; 1 ECS for 4 seats.
Note:
If banquet hall is to be provided in Hotel the prevailing norm given for banquet halls shall apply over & above 2. Public /Semi Public: 1.0
i. Nursing Home , hospitals (private) social
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cultural and other institutions government and semi government offices ii. School, college, university and Govt. hospitals. 3. Industrial. 0.75
Light and service industry flatted group industry extensive industry.
Note:
a) Areas under lift, open Stairs, ducts, balconies shall not be counted while calculating parking.
b) If basement and stilts are used for parking it shall not be counted in FAR.
7.1.6 INDUSTRIAL USE:
a. Flatted Group Industry and Service Cenre:
Minimum Plot Area 2000 Sqm
Maximum Ground Coverage 3
Maximum FAR 100
Maximum height 12 mts.
Other Controls:
Basement upto the max. extent of 50% of plot area shall be allowed after maintaining the above set backs & if used for parking & services should not be counted in FAR.
b. Light and Service Industry: S. Plot Size (Sqm) Max. Ground Max. FAR in Max. height in No. Coverage Plains Hills Plains Hills 1. 100 to 400 60% 125% 100% 12 m. 9 m
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2. 400 to 4000 50% 125% 100% 12 m. 12 m 3. 4000 to 12000 45% 125% 100% 12 m. 12 m 4. Above 12000 40% 100% 75% 12 m. 9 m
Other Controls:
i. Maximum floors allowed shall be basement, ground floor and 1st floors; basement should be below ground floor and to the maximum extent of ground coverage shall be counted in FAR. In case the basement is not constructed, the permissible FAR can be achieved on the second floor. ii. In case of truss, height of building should be adjusted/ relaxed.
c. Extensive Industry (Medium & Large Industry): S. Plot Size (Sqm) Max. Ground Max. FAR in Max. height (m) No. Coverage Plains Hills 1. 400 to 4000 50% 100% 75% 9 2. 4000 to 12000 45% 90% 60% 9 3. 12000 to 28000 40% 80% 50% 9 4. 28000 & Above 30% 60% 45% 9
Note:
i) Single Storey building with basement is allowed. Basement shall be below the ground level and the maximum extent of the ground coverage and shall not be counted in FAR.
ii) In case of truss, height of building should be adjusted/ relaxed.
iii) Height relaxation can be considered by the competent authority for specialized industries requiring more height.
In case of the of the height of chimney of any kind of industry there shall be needs from the clearance from the respective pollution control boards i.e. air, water, noise, land, environment as well as Air Force Authority.
1. FAR Permitted: Industrial / I.T. Park shall have minimum 10 acres of area. In an I.T. park, I.T. component shall have F.A.R. of 2.00. In case of Industrial Park, for industrial F.A.R permitted for an industrial component shall be 1.00 and other components shall have F.A.R as mentioned for different land uses in Master Plan.
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2. Residential Component: Residential component in the industrial plot/premises shall not exceed 5% of the area of the site and shall form part of the maximum permissible covered area. 3. Height: Heights proposed for various categories will be subject to clearance from Air Force Authority and fulfillment of other rules such as setbacks, distance between buildings etc. However, structural safety and fire safety requirements shall be as defined in the N.B.C (National Building code). 4. Road width: The minimum road width within the industrial unit shall not be less than 12 m. In case, the existing road is less than 40‟-0” in width, then it shall be widened to 12 m by taking equal strip of land from both sides of the road. 5. The construction activity along the National Highways and Bye-passes passing through Local Planning Area shall be subject to the provisions of reservation applied in the proposed road network. The standards prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board from time to time would have to be met by all industrial units in addition to other specific conditions in terms of plot size, ground coverage, F.A.R., height, parking norms etc. 6. Existing Industries: All industries existing in clusters located in residential/commercial area as shown on Proposed Land use Plan, which exist, on the date of notification of Master Plan stands adjusted but shall be allowed to expand within existing premises only subject to the norms and conditions specified by the Central Pollution Control Board. 7. Industries falling in the red category other than those falling in clusters, as mentioned in above, shall not be permitted to operate within the residential plots and would be required to shift to the designated industrial zone within a period of 10 years from date of publication of Master Plan. 8. All industrial units falling in residential area shall be permitted to change the nature of industries that are knowledge based and involve the use of IT and ITES for which permission should be granted liberally, subject to the condition that location does not cause any congestion and traffic problems.
Incentives for shifting of existing industries falling within non-conforming zones (whether located individually or falling under the clusters as earmarked on the Proposed Land use Plan):
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In case of industries falling in the red category which are in operation as on the date of notification of Master Plan and are located in the non-conforming land use zones, if such industries shift outside this zone to any of the designated industrial zone within the Master Plan of Udhampur L.P.A within the state of and Jammu and Kashmir generate at least the same number of jobs at the new location, will be provided with following benefits:
a) No C.L.U., E.D.C or License Fee on the existing industrial site shall be charged if used for plotted residential purposes provided the industry shifts within three years of the notification of the Master Plan. If used for any permissible land use other than plotted residential for which the prescribed C.L.U., E.D.C and License Fee are higher, then the difference between C.L.U., E.D.C and License Fee of the proposed land use and plotted residential has to be paid. In case that particular land is put to a land use for which C.L.U., E.D.C or License Fee and is less than the plotted residential, the difference between these fees / charges for the plotted residential and proposed land use shall not be payable by the Government / Urban Development Authority. b) If the industry shifts in the subsequent two years of the above mentioned period of three years, it will enjoy only 50% reduction on C.L.U., E.D.C and License Fee on the present site if used for plotted residential purposes. If used for any permissible land use other than plotted residential, the difference between the C.L.U., E.D.C and License Fee of the new land use and that of 50% of plotted residential has to be paid. In case that particular land is put to land use for which C.L.U., E.D.C or License Fee is less than the plotted residential, the difference between these fees / charges for the plotted residential and proposed land use shall not be payable by the Government / Urban development Authority. c) No C.L.U., E.D.C or License fee on the new industrial site shall be payable if the industry shifts within five years of the notification of the Master Plan. However, considering the role and importance of local craft and cottage industries, the decision for re-location/shifting shall be based on detailed study of such industries including assessment of their value, issues faced by them and threats they impose on the city environment subject to the condition that no such polluting industry shall be permitted to operate from the residential areas.
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Environmental Considerations
1. All the electroplating units within industrial zone shall be required to set up treatment plants individually or collectively to achieve zero liquid discharge and meet all the requirements laid down by Central Pollution Control Board. 2. Minimum green buffer of 15 meters depth in the shape of a belt comprising of broad leaf trees shall be provided around the boundary of village abadies. Also between residential areas and air polluting industries falling in industrial zone of Master Plan located within 100 meters, shall be provided with a green buffer of min. of 15 meters/max 50 meters depth all along the industrial/residential zone. The provision of buffer strip shall be made by the owner of Land use, which comes later. 3. All residential colonies, commercial establishments like shopping malls, multiplexes etc shall maintain a minimum distance of 250 meters from the hazardous (maximum accident hazardous) industries notified by Director General, Factory Advisor Service Labor Institute. The distance should be measured from source of pollution / hazard in the industrial premises to the building lines as per zoning plan of the colony / complex. However for specified type of industries such as rice shelters/sela plant, brick kilns, stone crushers, hot mix plants etc. standards prescribed by C.P.C.B and concerned dept. shall be followed.
Safety
1. Fire
Fire services have to play vital role and be fully prepared in protecting people from fire hazards, building collapse, road accidents and other unforeseen emergency etc. At present there is only one fire station in town
Planning norms and standards for safety/ fire facilities
Sr. No Category Population/unit Plot area 1 Fire post 3-4 Km radius 2000 sq m 2 Fire station 5-7 Km radius 1 ha 3 Disaster Management 1 in each 1.0 Ha along with Centre suitable open area (2 administrative zone ha.) for soft parking, temporary shelter,
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parade ground etc 4 Fire training college City level (one site in 3.0 Ha
Urban extension)
Development Controls for Safety/ Fire Facilities
As per Zoning Plan/Building Byelaws of the local body/any other concerned agency or as per
State Govt. instructions issued from time to time.
Guidelines for locating fire stations & other fire fighting facilities in urban extension:
1. Fire station shall be so located that the fire tender are able to reach any disaster site immediately within minutes. 2. Fire station shall be located on corner plots as far possible and main roads with minimum two entries. 3. In new layouts, concept of underground pipelines for fire hydrants on periphery, exclusively for firefighting services shall be considered. 4. Fire stations are permitted in all land use zone/sectors except in Recreational use zone. 5. Necessary provisions for laying underground/over ground fire fighting measures, water lines, hydrants etc. may be kept wherever provision of fire station is not possible. 6. The concerned agencies shall take approval from Fire Department for firefighting measures while laying the service for an area. 2. Disaster Management Centre
According to the Indian Seismic Zone Map, Udhampur is placed in Seismic Zone IV, which means high damage risk zone. Such natural and manmade disasters neither can be prevented nor predicted. However, with the technological advancement to some extent mechanism can be developed to mitigate the after effects of the disaster. Areas of vulnerability can be identified and necessary measures can be proposed by the concerned agencies. The concerned local bodies should keep updating the building byelaws to safe guard against disasters and ensure effective and impartial enforcement. Following policies and strategies for disaster management are proposed:
Pre-Disaster Preparedness
1. Micro-Zonation surveys shall be referred for land use planning and be considered while preparing the sectors/Zonal Plans and Layout Plans. a. Seismic micro-zonation for selected areas having high growth rates shall be taken up on priority.
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b. On the basis of vulnerability studies and hazard identification, which includes soil conditions, probable intensity of earthquake, physiographic conditions of the area, fault traces, etc., local level land use zoning and planning shall be undertaken. 2. Building byelaws shall incorporate the aspects of Multi Hazard Safety, and Retrofitting. a. Priority shall be given to public buildings (such as hospitals, educational, institutional, power stations, infrastructure, heritage monuments, lifeline structures and those which are likely to attract large congregation) for their ability to withstand earthquake of the defined intensity. b. Suitable action should be taken for retrofitting and strengthening of structures identified as vulnerable as per earthquake manuals and National Building Code. A techno-legal regime has to be adopted for provision Multi Hazard Safety aspects. c. Udhampur Fire Services being the nodal agency for disaster management shall identify vulnerable areas such as areas with high density and poor accessibility in the city and propose suitable measures. Proposed Disaster Management Centres should be established in every zone/sector to deal with the disasters, including bio- chemical and nuclear disasters. 3. Sensitize people, particularly school children, about after effects of disaster. 4. Make people aware through media campaigns and advertisements about emergency procedures and location of emergency shelters etc.
Post Disaster Management
1. It has been observed that any disaster is generally followed by break down of communication lines and disruption of essential services. Therefore, the key communication centers shall be protected from natural disasters i.e. flood, fire and earthquake etc. and services restoration shall be taken up on top most priority. Necessary setup shall be created in each of the concerned department for such eventualities 2. Standard type designs and layout shall be prepared by the local bodies and made available to the people so that crucial time may not lose in approval of layout plans and building plans after disaster. 3. Disaster Management Centers have been proposed to serve people in the case of disaster and provide emergency shelters.
Other Development Controls and Guidelines
1. Regulation for village abadis: Special Building Regulations shall be prepared for the development and regulation of an area falling within the Lal Dora or Phirni of the villages falling in the Local Planning Area.
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2. All Panchayat land of villages falling in Local Planning Area shall be used exclusively for public and semi-public uses including utilities, services, physical and social infrastructure, parks, open spaces, community facilities etc. and not for any other purpose. 3. The existing High Tension lines shall be shifted along the road but outside the Right of Way to ensure unhindered ROW for traffic and other services for all times. 4. The minor drains shall have minimum 10 meters wide (or as may be specified by the state govt. from time to time) green strips on either side of the drain. Other major water bodies shall have minimum 30 meters (or as may be specified by the state govt. from time to time) green strips on each side. Realignment of water bodies shall be permissible wherever feasible, subject to the certification by the Engineering Department to ensure free flow of storm water. 5. Contiguous expansion of village abadi‟s in non-residential zones of Master Plan is no permissible. However, for the village abadi falling in the residential zone of Master Plan, no such restrictions shall be applicable.
Transferable Development Rights
To facilitate development, it is necessary to accord top priority to the implementation of public utilities and infrastructure (such as roads, parks, green belts etc.) which will in turn encourage planned development/regulated urbanization. However, the respective technical agency or authority will not be able to proceed with its implementation programmes until the ownership of private land affected by these public utilities and infrastructure has been transferred to the state or to the relevant authority(s).Acquisition of private land for this purpose is proposed to be carried out through one of the following options:
Cash compensation to be paid to affected land owners whose land is to be acquired or a land-pooling scheme may be formulated and implemented.
Out of these options, use of mechanism of TDR (Transfer of Development Rights) is recommended due to the reasons specified below:
It is relatively simple and direct mechanism to implement and execute. The requisite public infrastructure projects can be implemented quickly, thus facilitating rapid urban development. The interests of affected landowners are protected.
The TDR scheme shall be restricted to development projects for public infrastructure and facilities which shall be announced from time to time. The additional FAR shall not be transferable from one LPA to another. The Competent Authority on priority shall finalize detailed policy guidelines on the operation and implementation of TDR Scheme.
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Important note:
In addition to all these building bye laws and development controls the bye laws described in the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Council Act 2000 may also be applied on any building as per the site requirement.
7.2 Zoning Regulation:
Zoning regulations are basic tools for implementation and enforcement of a development plan within the frame of the Land use proposals with the intention of achieving orderly growth and development of the town as envisaged.
Zoning regulations help in controlling density as well as land use in ensuring standards provided for the future expansion of each zone in an appropriate manner.
The enforcement of zoning regulations is like the enforcement of building bye laws. It will therefore be simpler to follow and can also be enforced by the Udhampur Development Authority through a qualified Town and Country Planner holding delegated powers.
The enforcement of zoning regulations will require a detailed development plan of the planning area. The adoption of the regulations will, therefore, guide to undertake the necessary physical surveys and also to keep the land record up-to-date so as to enable the effective enforcement of the zoning regulations.
Zoning regulations shall be applicable to the entire planning area except areas designated otherwise like Defense areas and Air force areas. There will be a separate set of norms to deal with such areas. The zoning regulations are broad in nature as follows.
Residential:
Permissible on Application to Competent Authority:
Petrol filling stations, cemeteries, multi-purpose or junior technical schools not giving rise to smoke, noise or other nuisance; auditoria, public assembly halls, sports stadia, transit visitors camp, taxi and scooter stands, bus terminals, public utility buildings, hospitals except those treating contagious diseases or mental patients, animal clinics.
Uses Permitted:
Dwellings of all types, guest houses, boarding houses, dharamshala, night shelter, rooming houses, customary home occupation, schools offering general educational courses, libraries,
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Prohibited:
All uses not specifically mentioned herein including the following:
Quarrying of gravel, stone, clay, sand, etc. except for the purpose of development of the area
Commercial entertainment like travelling cinema, circus, and other shows.
Commercial use in basements/other floor of a residential dwelling.
Polytechnic and higher technical institutes requiring machinery etc., irrigated area sewage farms.
However convenient shop can be allowed in residential unit with maximum coverage of 5% od allowed coverage to cater the daily need inhabitants where ever necessary.
Commercial :
Uses Permitted:
Dwellings of employees working in the area; offices, retail business, departmental store, hotels, restaurants and their accessory uses, professional business including educations coaching, theatres, cinemas, public assembly halls, cultural Centre‟s, social and welfare institutions, libraries, electric sub-station, fire station, post office, police post, clinics, nursing homes, public facility buildings, temples, mosques, churches and other religious buildings, car and scooter parking, taxi and auto rickshaw stands, garbage dalao.
Permissible on application to Competent Authority:
Service industries which neither involve manufacturing nor requiring extensive land, petrol filling stations, commercial entertainment of a transient nature like a circus. Clean industries employing not more than 40 persons, with or without power. Coal & Fire wood/timber storage yards, transport terminals for both goods and passengers.
Prohibited:
All uses not specifically mentioned herein including the following:
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Quarrying of gravel, sand, clay, and stone except for the purpose of development of the area, agricultural uses except nurseries, hot houses and green houses. Warehousing and storage of perishable and inflammable commodities
District centre:
Uses Permitted:
All types of retail business, departmental stores, hotels and restaurants with their accessory uses, clinics, nursing homes, professional business establishments, libraries, offices, banks, financial institutions, theatres, cinemas and public assembly halls, park, cultural centres, social and welfare institutions, electric sub-station, fire station, post & telegraph office, police station, commercial entertainment of transient nature, service industries; petrol filling station with service station, public facility building, car & scooter parking, taxi and auto rickshaw stands, garbage dalao.
Permissible on application to Competent Authority:
Hospitals and medical center‟s, clean industries employing not more than 25 persons with or without power, sport stadia, Swimming pool, other recreational areas, transport terminals for both goods and passengers, warehousing of non-perishable and non-flammable commodities.
Prohibited:
All uses not specifically mentioned herein including the following
Agriculture uses of all types, quarrying of gravel, sand, clay and stone except for the purpose of development of area.
Warehousing and storage of perishable and inflammable commodities
Local Commercial
Uses permitted
All retail and wholesale business and their accessory uses, clinics, nursing homes, professional business establishments, offices, banks and financial institutions, hotels and restaurants, commercial entertainment of a transient nature, service industries, petrol filling stations with garages and service station, public facility buildings, newspaper offices with printing presses, warehousing for nonperishable and non-flammable commodities, electric sub-station, post & telegraph offices, fire station, police station, telephone exchange, cinema,
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Permissible on Application to Competent Authority:
Transit accommodation, temples, mosques, churches, and other religious buildings, all clean industries not employing more than 20 persons, storage for perishable and inflammable goods. sports stadium, swimming pools and other recreational uses, hospitals, technical education and research institutions
Prohibited:
Dwellings except those of essential watch and ward personnel.
All agricultural uses, quarrying of gravel, sand, clay or stone except for purpose of development of the area.
Industry :
Light Industry :
Uses Permitted:
All types of light industries, clean industries and service industries, warehousing and storage for light & service industries, newspaper offices with printing press and accessory uses, petrol filling stations with garages and service stations, parks and playgrounds, nurseries and greenhouses, medical Centre‟s, restaurants, public utility buildings, transport terminals for goods and passengers, cars, scooters, auto rickshaw and taxi stands. The minimum road within this use zone shall be 18m R/w.
Permissible on application to Competent Authority:
Commercial entertainment of a transient nature like a circus, warehousing & storage of perishable and inflammable goods, sports stadia, swimming pools and other recreational uses.
Junk yards, hospitals, nursing homes, and technical education and research institutions
Prohibited:
Dwellings except of essential watch and ward personnel.
Religious buildings, boarding houses, rooming houses, irrigated farms and sewage farms
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Quarrying of gravel, sand, clay or stone except for the purpose of development of the area
Industries Prohibited:
Manufacturing/refining of ammonia bleaching powder, chlorine, asphalt, brick, terra cota, gypsum, lime, Plaster of Paris, coke, creosote, glucose, starch, dye, explosives or fireworks or storage thereof in excess of 250 kg. fertilizer, gas (fuel or illuminating) in excess of 30 cu.mt. per day or storage in excess of 300 cu.mt., gelatin or glue or dye from fish or animal refuse or offal, hydrochloric or nitric or sulphuric or sulphurous acid, lampblack; linoleum or oil cloth or prexylim. Blast furnace, coal or junk yard, coal, wood or tar or manufacture of any of their distilled products, crop forges, fat, grease, lard or tallow manufacture, refining flour or grist millo, hot rolling mill, incineration, reduction or dumping of dead animals, garbage, offal or refuse except when accumulated and consumed on the same premises without the omission of odour, production or refining or storage above ground of petroleum or other inflammable liquids except heating fuels, slaughtering of animals, tanning or curing, or storage of raw hides and skins, tyre recapping.
General Industry:
Uses permitted:
All industries except obnoxious or hazardous industries, warehouses, storage, accessory uses, all other uses permitted in the light industrial zone, junk yards, public utility building, car, scooter, auto rickshaw and taxi stands. The minimum road within this use zone shall be 24 mt. R/W.
Permissible on Application to Conmpetent Authority :
Storage of perishable & inflammable goods, sport stadia, swimming pools and other recreational uses, technical or research institutions. Qarrying of gravel, sand, clay or stone.
Prohibited:
Dwellings, except those of essential watch and ward personnel and workers of this area. Religious buildings, boarding houses and rooming houses.
Irrigated farms and sewage farms.
All uses not specifically mentioned herein.
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Open Spaces & Parks :
Uses permitted:
Sports stadium, swimming pools, gardens, parks, playgrounds, golf courses and other recreational uses requiring extensive open space with its accessory uses
Prohibited:
Dwellings except of watch and ward personnel.
All other uses not specifically permitted.
Agricultural (Green Belt) and Periphery Area
Permitted uses:
Dwellings for the people engaged on the farm, farmhouses, accessory buildings, agriculture, horticulture, dairy, poultry farms, animal rearing and breeding, stables for riding, etc., storage, processing and sale of farm produce, petrol and other fuel filling stations, temples, churches, mosques, other religious buildings and public utility building.
Permissible on application to Competent Authority:
Quarrying of gravel, sand, clay or stone. Limekilns, brick-kilns, workshops for servicing and repair of farm machinery, service stations and warehousing.
Prohibited:
All other uses not specifically permitted herein.
Tourism zone:
Permitted uses:
All types of public utilities and public buildings , regional level entertainment places, Residential use (plotted/flatted), commercial uses like Shopping malls, Multiplexes, IT/ITES, Institutes, Hotels, Motels, Hospitals, Clinics, Amusement parks, Rides, Water sports, Green houses, Nurseries, Mela ground
Permissible on the application to competent authority:
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Commercial like flowers, Bakery items, Confectionary items, Karyana, General store, Dairy product, Stationery, Books, Gifts, Book binding, Photostat, Fax, SID, PCO, Cybercafé, Call phone, Booths, Meat, Poultry and Fish shop, Pan shop, Barbershop, Hair dressing saloon, Beauty parlour, Laundry, Dry cleaning, Ironing, Sweet shop, Tea stall without sitting arrangement, Chemist shop, Clinic, Dispensary, Pathology lab, Optical shop, Readymade, Garments, Cloth shop, ATM.
Prohibited:
All other uses not specifically permitted herein.
Exceptions
Any use not listed above under a specific zone will not be permissible in the respective zone Uses determined by the Chief Town Planner, Jsammu and Kashmir as compatible with uses permissible shall be allowed in respective zones.
Residential Densities
The entire Residential zone for LPA, Udhampur has been defined in the Proposed Land Use. The Residential Zone has been divided into two sub zones. Keeping in view the peculiar quality and pattern of development within core city, the area enclosed within the core city has been designated as especially residential zone whereas remaining residential area has been put into other category. The maximum permissible residential density in the sub - zone other than the core city shall be 150 person per hectare. The gross density for the core city shall not exceed 300 persons per hectare.
Core City
Keeping in view the special character of the core city and its pattern of development, special regulations for the development of area falling within core city shall be formulated in order to ensure decongestion of population and decongestion of activities for creating more open spaces and improving the quality of life by making available land for physical and social infrastructure. Strategies would also include pedestrianisation of the congested area of Core city, minimizing change of land use, minimizing sub-division of land, preserving and enhancing the ambience of buildings of historical, cultural and religious importance besides rationalizing the traffic and transportation.
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7.3 Implementation of these Regulations
All authorities competent to grant permission for layout or sub-division of land or construction of building or development of land in any other form shall ensure that the permitted development is in compliance with these Regulations. Landowners desirous of developing their land can obtain, by applying to the designated authority in writing and giving details of their land along with necessary maps, a list of permissible uses. Similarly, land owners proposing development of certain uses on their land can obtain certificate of “Compliance with Master Plan” from a designated authority.
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Chapter 8: Façade Control and Development Measure
Façade treatment and the architectural detail of buildings contribute significantly to the way a building „reads‟ from the street and to the character and continuity of the streetscape. The composition and detailing of the building façade also has an impact on the apparent bulk and scale of a building. It is important when considering the design of new development that the predominant patterns, compositions and articulation of façades reinforce the character and continuity of the streetscape.
Design consideration is to be given to the underlying building materials that contribute to the character of a building. Such things include roof shape, pitch and overhangs; entry porches, verandas, balconies and terraces; materials, finishes, fixtures, patterns, fenestrations, colors and detailing; the location and proportion of windows and doors.
8.1. Controls and regulations:
In case of Udhampur only the layer one (core city) area depicts a special character and there is a need to frame a façade controls measures for this area. Following are the suggestive measures for fasade control in this area.
1. The façade of the building/blocks shall be maintained on old lines in case of reconstruction of existing buildings, however the internal changes shall be permissible; 2. The façade of new building on vacant plots shall be in conformity with the architectural features and elements of the adjoining buildings for buildings 3. The existing parks and green open spaces shall be preserved as such. 4. The exterior design and height of buildings should have their approval to preserve/improve the beauty of the area rather than beauty of such building. 5. Signs and Outdoor Display Structures / Including Street Furniture on heritage site shall be framed by Urban Design Wing (proposed in the development Authority). In addition, regulations or guidelines to regulate signs, outdoor display structures and street furniture on heritage sites/ or in area shall also be framed. 6. After the guidelines are framed, buildings within heritage precincts or in the vicinity of heritage sites shall maintain the skyline in the precinct and follow the architectural style (without any high-rise or multi-storeyed development) as may be existing in the surrounding area, so as not to diminish or destroy the value and beauty of or the view from the said heritage sites. The development within the precinct or in the vicinity of heritage sites shall be in accordance with the guidelines framed by the Executive Commissioner, Municipal Council / Vice- Chairman, Development Authority on the
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advice of the Heritage Conservation Committee or separate regulations / guidelines, if any, prescribed for respective zones by Municipal Council / Development Authority. 7. Widening of the existing roads under the Master Plan of the City or in the Layout Plan shall be carried out considering the existing heritage buildings (even if they are not included in a layer 1 zone) or which may affect natural features areas. 8. A wing of Development authority (urban design Wing) will work as watching dogs for the façade control and urban development throughout the LPA Udhampur. Especially in the first planning layer.
8.2. Implementation of these Regulations
All authorities competent to grant permission for layout or sub-division of land or construction of building or development of land in any other form shall ensure that the permitted development is in compliance with these Regulations. Landowners desirous of developing their land can obtain, by applying to the designated authority in writing and giving details of their land along with necessary maps, a list of permissible uses. Similarly, landowners proposing development of certain uses on their land can obtain certificate of “Compliance with Master Plan” from a designated authority.
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Chapter 9: Implementation Mechanism
7.1 Importance of Legal Framework
Contemporary city planning, through government machinery seeks to regulate market forces, in a sequential manner towards city building processes with the intention of furthering citizen‟s well being. The challenge comes in providing a quality of life together with high standards of living which are not directly and easily correlated. In the case of Udhampur and environs, not only citizens but environment also is equally important. The proposed Master Plan apart from seeking to lay-out a physical pattern of land use and transportation linkages for Udhampur local Planning Area as a whole, will serve as a guide for public and government agencies to conform and integrate their sectoral projects into programmes. Hence it is important that suitable strategies are evolved for implementation of the plan proposals. The authorities have to be identified within the framework of existing legal framework wherever possible and if required frame new set of rules and regulations or amend the existing ones.
7.2 Existing Legal Framework
At present the building and land development activities in Udhampur are regulated by the following regulations:
1. The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act 2000. Act No. XXI of 2000. 2. The Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board Act,1976. Act No. VII of 1976 3. The Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board Act,1976. Act No. VII of 1976 4. The Jammu and Kashmir Development (Amendment) Act,2011. 5. The Jammu and Kashmir State Town Planning Act,1963.Act No. XX of 1963 6. The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act,2000.Act No.XX of 2000 7. The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Act,2010 8. The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act,2011 9. The Jammu and Kashmir Building Operations Controlling Authority Act,2001 10. The Jammu and Kashmir industrial policy 2004.
Out of the above, the Jammu and Kashmir State Town development act 1963 provide for preparation of Master Plan and regulate development for matters connected therewith the procedures in the preparation of Master Plan, there are no clear-cut provisions regarding monitoring and implementation of the plan. Chapter IV provides for use of land and building as per the Master Plan provisions and permission is to be granted by the Town Planner.
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The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal laws deals primarily with the financial allocation as per the Annual Plans, Five Year Plans and Perspective Plans pertaining to various sectors.
The Jammu Municipal Act 2000 , 1999 deals with the rules and regulations and procedures for issuing building license within the jurisdiction of the Council.
The town planning act 1963 deals with procedures relating to approval of Master Plan, modifications to the plan, application for planning permission and fees structure for development or redevelopment.
7.3 Strengthening the Legal Framework
Development Regulations proposed in the Master Plan is applicable to the entire Udhampur Planning Area. In case of conflict between the proposed development regulation and Municipal Council Bye laws or any other law, the provisions contained in the proposed development regulation will be implemented.
The Udhampur Planning Area includes Udhampur municipal town and 47 revenue villages. The J and K Municipal Council Building Bye laws, 1999 are applicable only within Udhampur municipal area. The provisions of the same may be extended to the entire Planning Area.
The Udhampur Municipal Council Building Bye Laws contains certain planning parameters like FAR, Minimum Plot Size, Set Back, Parking etc.. Since the proposed development regulations comprehensively cover all the planning parameters, some of the provisions of the Udhampur Municipal Council Building Bye Laws need to be amended to this effect.
7.4 Restructuring Planning Administration:-
At present there is the district development board which is the Planning and the execution agency including the public representatives headed by the DDC with the responsibility of formulation of district plan and fixing of the priorities and the monitoring the progress and financial department as per our field survey there is no coordination between various department.
Udhampur being second largest town in Jammu province. It is proposed that Udhampur development authority should be of high order and also adequate to guide and control to integrated development as per proposed master plan. (Agency UDA ) Apex Controlling Agency has to close coordination with other public departments namely PWD , PHE , MC , Horticulture , Power , EMC etc.
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Different committee to be set up by the implementing agency and involved different departments.
7.4.1 Organizational structure of Udhampur Development Authority
To implement the master plan 2031 proposals following organizational setup has been proposed with its various functional wings.
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Land Project Engneering Administra Town manageme planning Expenditur Accouting PRO wing tive planing nt wing wing e and wing Monitoring wing
JR. SRNIOR S.O, DISTRICT A.O, ASSISTANA ENGINEER, TOWN XEN, AEF, H.A NT ASSISTANT XEN A.A.O, PLANNER, DRAFTSMA (MALES), ENGINEER, S.A ATP, TEHSILDAR N ASSISTANT , XEN, J.A JR. ARCHITECT , NAIB CASHIER, ASSISTANT , DARA ASSISTSNT TEHSILDAR (FEMALES) ENTRY ENGINEER , ENFORCE OPERATOR PATWARIS, S, MENT, DRAFTSMA DRAFTS N,SURVEY MAN ORS,JUNIU R ASSISTANT
UDA besides general administration including accounting and the maintenance of statistics UDA should have the following major functional wings.
1. Town Planning wing 2. Land management wing 3. Public relation wing 4. Project planning wing 5. Expenditure and monitoring and development control wing
UDA should function only as controlling agency but should have limited execution function. Execution work mostly will be done by respective departments.Since the execution is to be carried out by different departments monitoring and development control wings of UDA has to be capable enough to monitor and control all these execution works. Modern techniques including computer planning to plan development projects should be there.
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7.4.1.1 Project planning wing:
PPW/Monitoring developing has to function in close conjunction these wings should be headed by an executive engineer and should be under control of C.E.O. major function of this wing should be to phase out projects, set targets according to available resources and achievable capabilities, set land procedures and call for tenders. This wing should integrate various projects / schemes within the flow of funds.
7.4.1.2 Expenditure and monitoring and development control wing:
This wing should monitor the progress of projects upgrade these if necessary.
1. Impose cost control techniques 2. Monitor physical progress for cast cash flow 3. Schedule resources optimality 4. Optimize the project cost
7.4.1.3 Land management wing:
This wing is the major functional wing should have to prepare the inventory of all lands are acquiring to give details of Khasra NO, ownership , cost etc.
7.4.1.4 Town Planning wing:
This wing should review the development in view of Master Plan , review the targets premises of Master Plan at suitable intervals.
Prepare long term development objectives and structures and view on environmental issues.
This being the first Master Plan for Udhampur there are also proposals on the anvil for preparation of Master Plans for more towns in J and K it is required that the Office of the Town Planner, as provided for in the town planning act 1963 is further strengthened for effective implementation and monitoring of the plan proposals. In this context, the following suggestions are made: .
7.4.1.5 Powers and Functions
The proposed authority will be vested with powers such as, review and revision of Master Plan for the Planning Area, Implementation of the provisions contained in the approved Master Plan, Programmes and Projects contemplated in the Master Plan. It will have
Master Plan Udhampur 210 Tech Mech International Pvt. Ltd Data Base Report Town Planning Organization, Udhampur Jammu jurisdiction over the entire Planning Area including Udhampur town. The main functions of the Authority will include the following:
1. Framing policies and strategies towards implementation of Master Plan 2. Realization of identified programmes and projects of the Master Plan, by evolving suitable implementation mechanism. 3. Approval of building plans and layouts 4. Change of land use and reclassification 5. Concurrence with sectoral agencies for land acquisition towards implementation of physical projects identified in the plan 6. Dealing with land and building activities in contravention to the provision of the Master Plan 7. Initiate, approve and implement major infrastructure development projects
7.4.2 Role and Responsibilities of the Agencies
A measure of success of the Master Plan would be the extent to which the proposals envisaged in the plan are implemented in the plan period. The role of various agencies including the government departments of the Jammu and Kashmir is critical in this regard, and convergence of efforts of all the concerned stakeholders is required. The departments responsible for the projects enlisted in the Master Plan need to initiate actions towards preparation of Detailed Project Reports and Environmental Impact Reports wherever necessary and obtain clearance from all relevant authorities
The Udhampur development authority could be play its role importantly in implementation of the various development projects enunciated in the Master Plan relating to Tourism as well as in the development of the Industrial Estate. The authority could help channelizing the required funds for the projects through application of innovative public private partnership models.
The role of Information, Publicity and Tourism Department is important in achieving the objectives of the Master Plan. They need to take appropriate measures to attract more tourists and to create quality infrastructure for the tourists towards employment generation. While the Master Plan has included physical projects required in this direction, media publicity and logistics support for the tourists from the main land could further boost the tourism in the Udhampur.
As land is an essential component of every project conceived in term of spatial context, the government departments are to take appropriate steps in acquiring lands for the development projects. On request from the concerned departments and the concurrence of the UDA, the
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The Master Plan proposes Amendments to the Municipal Council Building Byelaws, 2000 in consonance with the proposed development regulations, and suggests that the same may be made applicable for the entire Planning Area till such time, a common bye laws for all panchayats in the Udhampur LPA are enacted.
7.5 Resource mobilization strategy
As mentioned earlier Udhanpur LPA is spread over and area 6545 hc. Defining the boundries as river tawi in the east dr drain in the south and a for a reserve forest area in the north.
Character of core city
It is dominated by retail , wholesale trade and government offices like PHE , Electricity and maintenance office , electrical , municipal council , DC office etc.
Above activities are increasing and net result is of such of rich commercialization and change of land use has advesly effected traffic movements in the core area. even the podestian movement has been adversely effected due to increase in the number of vehicles both in private and commercial sector and their parking on the narrow roads.
Government s offices, educational institutions, bus stand, lodges, hotels are concentrated in the area. There is no organized parking lots and land is not available to provide parking inside the core area.
7.5.1 First Layer development (2013-18)
1. Parking lot at Devak 2. Shifting of government offices, bus stand and fire station. 3. Development of commercial complex on the site of old jail and fire station 4. Development along by-pass Implementation of traffic management in the core city 5. Development of musical garden on the site of MC offices.
7.5.2 Second Layer development (2018-2023)
1. Development of major residential/ commercial area along bye pass and dhar road 2. Development of adequate infrastructure for the population
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3. Development of truck terminal cum ware houses (going to implement by RITES on PPP mode.) 4. Development of sewerage network
7.5.3 Third Layer Development (2023-2028)
1. Development of residential area for population and adequate infrastructure 2. Development of tourism zone and tourism activities in forest land 3. Development of outer ring road
7.5.4 Fourth Layer development: (2028-2031)
1. Development of residential area for population and adequate infrastructure 2. Development of gaps by review the all phases
.Udhampur due to its location, linkages, phenomenal population growth and urban sprawl is developing, it is important to effectively implement the proposal of master plan.
This however will depend considerably on the availability of infrastructure such as housing, power. Transport, water supply, drainage etc
The present level of infrastructure provision is largely indicated which has to be increased manifold to fulfill the future needs of Udhampur.
After creation of the development authority as proposed, it needs careful planning, findings means of abdicate finances for implementation OF Master Plan proposals.
As suggested in organizational setup it will take some time and it is only putting this in place, the development activities can be pursued.
Consultant estimate that the financial requirement in the first phase to be around 7 crores for the land accusation and land development in the phase one. Accordingly various ways of resource mobilization for the required / investment need to be examined. It has to come as a seed capital or in the form of loan from the state government.
Consultant also feel that the capital cost of desired level of services like power, roads, water supply, etc. would be met from state government budgetary allocation which could be channelized through various concerning departments such as PWD, PHE , PDD , Medical , Educational , police departments.
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The consultant feel that the most important source of revenue to will be the sale of land after accusation and development and the land which will be resolved after shifting the non confirming uses like bus stand , fire station , government offices etc.
In this connection its is recommended that the function in execution of development projects should be minimum and should act as a roll of facilitator to assist private developer to execute the projects.
The resource mobilization strategy would involve identification and accusation of land which needs to develop or land disposal after site development.
Since no government land is available hence private land has to be accrued. This accusation could be possible by obtaining seed capital by either through loan or grant from the state government and can be allotted the different departments.
As a consultant recommend immediately develop parking lots for which land is available near devak and should generate revenue by getting the annual rent of its sale to formal parking.
7.6 National Programmes and Funding agencies available for the resources in urban area.
Availability of adequate funds is an important determinant for successful implementation of the plan proposals. While conventional pattern of project financing is being in transition, the private investments and public private partnership modes of infrastructure development assumes greater significance. This apart, the programmes of the National Government provides greater opportunities for improving the status of infrastructure and service delivery. Hence, it is the responsibility of every development agency concerned to take initiatives to draw maximum funding for the plan implementation.
Integrated development of Small and Medium town Programme, is a programme of national importance, which has identified the sectors and projects eligible for assistance, which include:
1. Urban Renewal i.e redevelopment of inner (old) city areas [this would include items like widening of narrow streets, shifting of industrial/commercial establishments from non-conforming (inner-city) to `conforming‟ (outer-city) areas to reduce congestion, replacement of old and worn-out water pipes by new/higher capacity ones, renewal of sewerage/drainage/solid waste disposal systems, etc. 2. Water Supply (including de-salination plants) and sanitation
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3. Sewerage and Solid Waste Management 4. Construction and improvement of drains/storm water drains 5. Construction/Upgradation of roads, highways/expressways 6. Parking lots/spaces on Public Private Partnership basis 7. Development of heritage areas 8. Prevention & rehabilitation of soil erosion/landslides only in case of Special Category States where such problems are common and 9. Preservation of water bodies.
At present Udhampur is included in the list of eligible cities for the programme from funds can be generated for the Programme for the importance of strengthening the infrastructure and services for sustainable development.
7.7 Into Future
The proposed land use plan 2031 reflects the development strategies evolved on the basis of many parameters such as physical, social, economical and environmental. The Master Plan aims to promote the socio-economic conditions coupled with improvements in quality of life. For successful implementation of the same the following action programmes are required.
1. Prepare and Implement Detailed Development Plans for the various nodes as suggested in the Master Plan proposals. 2. Dovetail the recommendations of the deviks scheme prepared by Govt of J and K with the Master Plan proposals for implementation. 3. Since economic prosperity through tourism promotion depends on proper interstate transportation links and networks, the strengthening and upgradation of the NH-1 A and laying of circular Udhampur Road is to be given utmost importance. 4. Horizontal and Vertical integration of all the sectoral programmes envisaged in the Master Plan and initiation of action in implementing the same within the timeframe stipulated. 5. Promotion of Public Private Partnership mode of development, especially in the tourism, industries and housing sectors. 6. Review of the Master plan periodically, to assess the developments taking place and suggest amendments in accordance with policies of the Government and the priorities of the people.
7.8 CONCLUSION
Udhampur with rich bio-diversity, requiring environmental conservation, integration with land of Defence and Air Force presents a challenge unlike the cities of the main land. It
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Annexures
1. List of Villages to be notified in urbans master Plan.
2. List of industries registered in Industrial Estate Battal Ballian.
3. List of industries registered in Industrial Estate Thanda Baddar.
4.List of Industries Registered with in the Muncipal Limit Udhampur.
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Annexure I
List of Village to be notified in UrbansMaster Plan
Serial no. Name of settlement Population (census 2001) 1 Udhampur (TC) 56897 Villages Recently Added in Udhampur TAC 1 Sangur 2034 2 Thanda Padar 605 3 Sail Saloon 1113 4 Karli Khalki 247 5 Kalar Himti 1109 6 Nagrota 634 7 Dandyal 807 8 Karlahi Suki 678 9 Barian 1180 10 shiv nagar New revenue Village 11 Rount 1461 12 Thil 51 13 Sewail 250 14 Charee 303 15 Omala 1090 16 Omara 1108 17 Gangera 252 18 Shajalta 419 19 Jakhan 2161 20 Dalah 1995 21 sauhal New revenue Village Serial no. Name of settlement Population (census 2001) Outgrowth Villages in CENSUS (2001) 1 Sambal 885
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2 Rakh Tenday 295 3 Chanthal 38 4 Nuha 59 5 Karlahi Kangloo 223 6 Badali 2186 7 Kotli Pain 616 8 Khetriar 758 9 Deli Chak 194 10 Dhanori 1002 11 Sue 623 Rural villages Required for Urbansisable limit of Master plan 1 Dalwah 4207 2 Kathian 1125 3 Megain 883 4 Rakh Sansooh 5 5 Manpa 432 6 Rathian 5915 7 Phangial New Revenue Village 8 Laundna New Revenue Village 9 Kashi Rah 2361 10 Barial 646
Serial no. Name of settlement Population (census 2001) 11 Mansooh 17 12 Bachhal Jattan 171 13 Rakh Thanua 388 14 Kawa 1412 15 Gordi 234 16 Chani 84 17 Sutain 664 18 Preyan 544 19 Sunthan 1268 20 Chakahal 1254 21 Malhar 3303 22 Riti 1345 23 Radakot New Revenue Village
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24 Chalora New Revenue Village 25 Kangaroo New Revenue Village 26 Rehambal (CT) 7000 27 Kothi New Revenue Village 28 Battal 2473 29 Balian 1209 30 Lehri New Revenue Village 31 Barai Rian 950 32 Roun 1623 33 Bachhal Rajoun 171 Serial no. Name of settlement Population (census 2001) 34 Kahjagir 86 35 Dibber New Revenue Village 36 Thil 1508
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List of Industries Registered in Industrial Estate Battal Ballian
S.No Name of the Unit with location Status Category
1 M/S Avtar Battery HD Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Orange M/S Shivalik Cement Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 2 Functional Red Udhampur Not M/S Sahaj Nath Vanaspati IID Centre Battal Ballian 3 Udhampur Functional M/S Associated Cement IID Centre Battal Ballian 4 Functional Red Udhampur 5 M/S Ajay Ice factory IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green Not M/S Shri Nath Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 6 Red Udhampur Functional M/S Pee Kay products IID Centre Battal Ballian 7 Functional Red Udhampur 8 M/S Bala Ji minerals IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Orange M/S Radha Swami Milk products IID Centre Battal 9 Functional Green Ballian Udhampur M/S Continental Cement IID Centre Battal Ballian 10 Functional Red Udhampur M/S New Faqquir Chand Sanak Raj IID Centre Battal 11 Functional Green Ballian Udhampur M/S Mahaluxmi Steel Fabrication IID Centre Battal 12 Functional Green Ballian Udhampur 13 M/S Wullar Cement IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Red M/S Rukmani Plastic Industry IID Centre Battal Ballian 14 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Wazir Engineering Works IID Centre Battal Ballian 15 Functional Green Udhampur 16 M/S Global Gases IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green M/S Ev erest health care IID Centre Battal Ballian 17 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Kashmir Cement IID Centre Battal Ballian 18 Functional Red Udhampur Not M/S Maa Durga Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 19 Orange Udhampur Functional
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S.No Name of the Unit with location Status Category M/S Safex Chemicals IID Centre Battal Ballian 20 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Modern Insecticides IID Centre Battal Ballian 21 Functional Red Udhampur 22 M/S Additya Cabels IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Orange M/S Super Tech. Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 23 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Sharda Entreprises IID Centre Battal Ballian 24 Functional Green Udhampur Not 25 M/S Zenith Cement IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Red Functional M/S Hari Kripa perfumes IID Centre Battal Ballian 26 Functional Orange Udhampur Not M/S J.K. Petro Chemical IID Centre Battal Ballian 27 Red Udhampur Functional M/S Kunal Plastic Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 28 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Dhanuka Agro Tech IID Centre Battal Ballian 29 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Radhu Steel Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 30 Functional Green Udhampur M/S M.C.B. Electro Controls IID Centre Battal Ballian 31 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Shankar Lime Industry IID Centre Battal Ballian 32 Functional Red Udhampur 33 M/S Sat guru paints IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Red M/S Shivam Industry IID Centre Battal Ballian 34 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Natraj Aerometric IID Centre Battal Ballian 35 Functional Orange Udhampur 36 M/S John Minerals IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Red M/S Shalimar Flour Mills IID Centre Battal Ballian 37 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Uma Cement Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 38 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Maa Luxmi Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 39 Functional Orange Udhampur M/S Maa Machel Kota Stone IID Centre Battal Ballian 40 Functional Orange Udhampur
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S.No Name of the Unit with location Status Category M/S Pawan Plastic Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 41 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Shivangi Metal Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 42 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Master ji Steel Rolling Mill IID Centre Battal Ballian 43 Functional Red Udhampur M/S ISRO Products (Jammu) IID Centre Battal Ballian 44 Functional Red Udhampur M/S Ruchi Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 45 Functional Orange Udhampur 46 M/S G.M.C. Spices IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green M/S Aryan Silk Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 47 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Chinar Industrial Carbon IID Centre Battal Ballian 48 Functional Red Udhampur M/S SKYRCC Hume pipes IID Centre Battal Ballian 49 Functional Orange Udhampur 50 M/S Pilot Batteries IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Orange M/S Sourabh Engineering IID Centre Battal Ballian 51 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Luxmi Food products IID Centre Battal Ballian 52 Functional Green Udhampur 53 M/S Radha industries Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Red M/S Radha Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 54 Functional Green Udhampur M/S Insecticides India Ltd. IID Centre Battal Ballian 55 Functional Orange Udhampur 56 M/S Apex Industry IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green
57 M/S S.K. Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green M/S Jay Kay Industries IID Centre Battal Ballian 58 Functional Green Udhampur M/S M.M. Sharda Rare Earth(J&K) IID Centre Battal 59 Functional Orange Ballian Udhampur 60 M/S Tyre industries IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green M/S J.K. Plaster & Minerals IID Centre Battal Ballian 61 Functional Orange Udhampur S.No Name of the Unit with location Status Category
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62 M/S Shakti Minerals IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Orange M/S Chinar Cold Drinks IID Centre Battal Ballian 63 Functional Green Udhampur 64 M/S Manav Ind IID Centre Battal Ballian Udhampur Functional Green
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List of Industries Registered in Industrial Estate Thanda Badder
S.No. Name of the Unit Status Category
1 M/S Hunter Gun Factory Functional Orange
2 M/S Gupta furniture House Functional Green
3 M/S Jia Lal & Brothers Not Functional Green
4 M/S Rajinder Rosin & Turpentine Industries Not Functional Red
5 M/S Gulab Gun Factory Functional Orange
6 M/S Sport International Functional Green
7 M/S B.S. Traders Not Functional Green
8 M/S Chinar Fine Chemicals Not Functional Red
9 M/S Everest Chemicals Functional Red
10 M/S Everest Paints Functional Red
11 M/S Vijay Candles Functional Green
12 M/S Shakti Engg. Works Functional Green
13 M/S Luxmi Enterprise Functional Green
14 M/S Bhagwati Industries Functional Green
15 M/S Thakur Dass Canteen Functional Green
16 M/S Darshan Reday made garments Functional Green
17 M/S Heera Envelops Not Functional Green
18 M/S Jk Varnish Not Functional Red
19 M/S Kashmir Agricultural Implemnts Not Functional Green
S.No. Name of the Unit Status Category
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20 M/S New Ashoka Enterprises Not Functional Green
21 M/S Quality Weaving Not Functional Green
22 M/S Udhampur Dal Mill Not Functional Green
23 M/S Unique Carbon Functional Red
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List of Industries Registered with in the Municipal Limit Udhampur
S.No. Name and Address Of Industry Category
1 M/S Cyber Planets Udhampur Green
2 M/S Highway Motors National Highway Udhampur Green
3 M/S Fancy Ornaments Arya Samaj Gali Udhampur Green
4 M/S Vivek Motors Capari Shiv Nagar Udhampur Green
5 M/S Vad Optical Industries Court Road Udhampur Green
6 M/S Sharma Electronics Udhampur Green
7 M/S J&K electricals Main bazar Udhampur Green
8 M/S Designer Arcade new hospital road Udhampur Green
9 M/S J&K Vehicleads Pvt. Ltd. Udhampur Green
10 M/S Jai Dev Cold Retradiing Omara Udhampur Green
11 M/S Luxmi Electric Auto Work Udhampur Green
12 M/S Young India Auto Garage Domail Udhampur Green
13 M/S Delhi Motor Workshop Domail Udhampur Green
14 M/S Shakti Engineering Work Udhampur Green
15 M/S C.D. Automobiles National Highway Udhampur Green
16 M/S Ravi Denting Domail Udhampur Green
17 M/S Luxmi Scooter Garage Omara Udhampur Green
18 M/S devika Sumrani Powder Udhampur Green
19 M/S Chinar Ice Cream Barrian Udhampur Green
S.No. Name and Address Of Industry Category
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20 M/S Vijay Arts Sallian Talab Udhampur Green
21 M/S Mahaluxmi Steel Industries Udhampur Green
22 M/S New Durga Colour Lab Ramnagar Chowk Udhampur Green
23 M/S Vikram Enterprises Udhampur Green
24 M/S Prem Nath Work Shop Near SBI Udhampur Green
25 M/S Chirag Videoa Vision Adarash Colony Udhampur Green
26 M/S B.D. Motors National Highway Shiv Nagar Udhampur Green
27 M/S Eye View Media Network Udhampur Green
28 M/S M.R. Boots and Chapples Omara more Udhampur Green
29 M/S Modern Hollow Blocks & Tiles Hari Nagar Udhampur Green
30 M/S Pasific Computers Udhampur Green
31 M/S ICCI Institute of computer and traning Udhampur Green
32 M/S Shree Engineers Udhampur Green
33 M/S Mahamaya Colour Lab New Hospital Road Udhampur Green
34 M/S Ambika Food Industries Sallin Talab Udhampur Green
35 M/S R.K. Industries Shiv Nagar Udhampur Green
36 M/S R.K. Plastic Industry PTC Udhampur Green
37 M/S Shiv Photo Flash Dogra Market Udhampur Green
38 M/S Kalsotra Ice Candy Dhar Road Udhampur Green
39 M/S Ranjit Tyre Work Opposite UCO Bank Udhampur Green
40 M/S Raju Mills Chabutra Bazar Udhampur Green
S.No. Name and Address Of Industry Category
41 M/S Mahajan & Co W.No. 9 Udhampur Green
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42 M/S Friends Colour Lab Udhampur Green
43 M/S Vimla copy House Sallian Talab Udhampur Green
44 M/S Bakshi Furniture House Adarsh Colony Udhampur Green
45 M/S Devika Computers Main Bazar Udhampur Green
46 M/S Durga Digital Colour Lab Mukarji Bazar Udhampur Green
47 M/S Alpha Computers National Highway Udhampur Green
48 M/S Racku Cassette Industry Hari Nagar Udhampur Green
49 M/S Trikuta Furnishing Work Udhampur Green
50 M/S D.C Furniture House Sallian Talab Udhampur Green
51 M/S Vishal Studio Arya Samaj gali Udhampur Green
52 M/S Jai Mahaluxmi Furniture Work Dhar Road Udhampur Green
53 M/S Bishan Electronics Behind SBI Udhampur Green
54 M/S Nihar Fabrication Battal Ballian Road Udhampur Green
55 M/S Sharma Confectioonery W.No. 5 Udhampur Green
56 M/S Om Sai Tiles W.No. 1 Udhampur Green
57 M/S Computer Print Technologies Iind Floor Hospital road Udhampur Green
58 M/S Chandrika Institute Of Tech. Adarsh Colony Udhampur Green
59 M/S New Power Point Link Road Omara Udhampur Green
60 M/S Dhanvantri Vocalional Institution of Education Udhampur Green
61 M/S Shivae Sweets Adersh Colony Udhampur Green
S.No. Name and Address Of Industry Category
62 M/S Sharma tyre Retreding Works Subhash magar Udhampur Green
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Maps
1. Local Planning Area 2. Contour Plan 3. Slope analysis 4. Existing. 5. Concept for existing water supply network Udhampur 6. Social Infrastructure. 7. Parking and Junction. 8. Concept Plan 9. First planning layer 10. Second planning layer 11. Proposed Land Use Plan.
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